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High Court hears the first ever Unexplained Wealth Order

The High Court today heard a challenge to the first ever Unexplained Wealth Order. The order had originally been sought and...

6th August 2018

Ex-HSBC FX Trader Wins Rare U.K. Order Blocking Extradition to U.S.

Stuart Scott, the former head of currency trading at HSBC Holdings Plc, won a last-ditch battle to block his extradition to...

1st August 2018

Hugh Davies QC appointed to lead investigation into the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)

In April this year, the Charity Commission announced a statutory inquiry into safeguarding practices at RNIB. Hugh Davies QC...

31st July 2018

Officer cleared after smashing through suspect’s windscreen

A police officer captured in a video that went viral was cleared at Southwark Crown Court of criminal damage, common assault...

30th July 2018

Firm fined £145k over workers’ deaths

Two men killed in a factory explosion three years ago when the paint booth they were working in exploded and turned into a...

30th July 2018

Sanctions: Challenging Designations

Rachel Barnes has authored a Practice Note for Practical Law (Thomson Reuters). Rachel looks at UN, EU and UK-autonomous...

25th June 2018

Bupa fined £3M

Following the death of a pensioner at a nursing home in Essex after contracting Legionnaire's disease, Bupa have been fined...

18th June 2018

Couple found guilty of murdering French au pair

Following a trial at the Old Bailey, both Sabrina Kouider and Oussem Medouni have been found guilty of the murder of Sophie...

24th May 2018

‘Trading Blows’: Rachel Barnes is quoted in The Law Gazette sanctions article

Rachel Barnes is quoted in 'Trading Blows', a feature article in The Law Society Gazette on the practical fallout of new US...

23rd May 2018

Moped robbers guilty of murder

Two teenagers have been convicted of murder, wounding with intent and robbery after a vicious crime spree in Maida Vale,...

21st May 2018