From its origins as a pastime for working class Britain in the 19th century, football is now more popular than ever, especially so after the unprecedented success of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. However, this rise in fame and popularity has also meant increased scrutiny of the sport and, more recently, the future of […]
Last month, the High Court concluded that to enforce an arbitral award obtained by a major crypto exchange would be contrary to public policy under section 103(3) of the Arbitration Act 1996. This unusual invocation of the public policy exception arises as part of a recent line of cases in which crypto traders have generally […]
According to Reuters, British police is investigating Myanmar’s former ambassador to the UK for trespassing on a diplomatic residence in London, which he has refused to leave since being ousted for opposing the 2021 military coup in Myanmar. Reuters reports that Kyaw Zwar Minn was locked out of his embassy a few months after the […]
On Thursday last week, the body of 10-year-ol Sara Sharif was found at her home in Working, Surrey. The police said that the three people it was trying to find in connection with her death had left the UK the day before. The police is now working with international authorities to locate them. Anna Bradshaw […]
On 26 July 2023, the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in R (on the application of PACCAR Inc and others) (Appellants) v Competition Appeal Tribunal and others (Respondents) [2023] UKSC 28 whose implications have sent shockwaves through the litigation funding industry in England and Wales. But what does this ground-breaking decision mean, and what […]
Last month, after months of speculation, it was announced that the new director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) was going to be Nick Ephgrave. Ephgrave was the former chief constable for Surrey Police, assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service, and most recently held a role that overlapped with his responsibilities as assistant commissioner, […]
Last week, according to media reports, two men who had stabbed to death an aspiring lawyer in a case of mistaken identity were each jailed for life with a minimum term of 27 years. In February 2021, a group of six men attacked Sven Badzak, 22, and a friend, 16, near a supermarket in Kilburn, […]
Compared to a year ago, it looks like trading revenue in Wall Street has slumped. However, there is a rarely mentioned reason for last year’s boom: a billion-dollar windfall that went from Russia through some of the former Soviet republics into the hands of Wall Street’s currency traders. According to a Bloomberg article, as companies […]
The recent media furore over the withdrawal of existing, or reluctance to offer, banking facilities for so-called politically exposed persons (PEPs) has shone a light on an issue that many prominent individuals have been grappling with for some time. The UK government wants to address the problem of PEP bank account closures through introducing tighter […]
With the parliamentary summer recess upon us, it is worth recapping where the Conservative government’s flagship Economic Crime and Transparency Bill got up to before taking a well-deserved holiday. The reform proposals – which are now expected to become law sometime in the autumn legislative term – represent the most significant shift in white collar […]
