Alison Levitt QC has conducted an Independent Review into the Boohoo Group PLC’s Leicester supply chain. She was supported by James Buchanan, Grace Forbes and Hannah Thomas. Boohoo has published the report here.
Welcome to the first 2 Hare Court Professional Discipline newsletter of 2020! Paul Renteurs looks at the unsual case of Bramhall and considers whether a warning given for misconduct can be properly set aside, and a case referred for a full hearing, when the same conduct subsequently results in a conviction. Vivienne Tanchel examines the […]
Welcome to the Autumn 2019 edition of 2 Hare Court’s Private Prosecutions Group Newsletter. A range of topics is covered by members of 2 Hare Court’s experienced Private Prosecution practitioners in this latest edition. Oliver Glasgow QC and Hannah Thomas look at recent changes aimed at the regulation of private prosecutions in the Criminal […]
On 1st October 2019 the new ‘Notification of Deaths Regulations 2019’ came into force. Long anticipated, these guidelines set out a roadmap for when the medical profession will be under a duty to notify a senior coroner of a death. A new set of written obligations with the force of law behind them may initially […]
Peter Lownds and Grace Forbes are appearing in a trial at Southwark Crown Court in which they represent a businessman accused of fraud and money laundering valued at over £1 million. The case concerns the selling of a US based investment product involving the lending of money to pay-day loan companies. Their client, who denies […]