In the matter of an application by Gallagher for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland); R (on the application of P, G and W) (Respondents) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and another (Appellants) R (on the application of P) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and others (Respondents) [2019] UKSC 3 […]
Introduction Mr Maitland-Hudson faced allegations of high level dishonesty. Following a long and drawn out hearing in which he repeatedly invited the Tribunal to discontinue proceedings on the basis of his poor health the allegations were found proved and he was struck off the roll. His appeal turned entirely on this question of health. The […]
Ending the ban on the use of intercept material in criminal proceedings First Six Pupil Amy Woolfson came second in the Bar Council Law Reform Essay 2018 Competition. Click here to view the original entry. Introduction On 23 July 2018 the news broke that the Government had supplied evidence to US authorities concerning Alexanda Kotey […]
In SFC v. Yiu Hoi Ying Charles, Wong Nam Marian and the Market Misconduct Tribunal [2018] HKCFA 44, the Final Court of Appeal has issued a broadside against the wide application of the ‘no-profit’ defence in insider trading cases. The defence has now been explicitly narrowed: an offence will be committed where shares are traded […]
The SFC and CPSL Litigation On 29 June 2018 the Court of Appeal (Cheung, Yuen and Kwan JJA) handed down its Judgment in the latest round of litigation between the SFC and employees of China Pacific Securities Limited and their relatives. The allegations arise out of an SFC inspection in 2012 which found very substantial […]
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