The Companies Act 2006 creates a number of criminal offences. Some of these are subject to so-called ‘reverse burden’ provisions, whereby the defendant (usually a company director) is guilty unless he or she can prove a specific fact in their defence (eg. that they took all reasonable steps to avoid committing the offence). The lawfulness […]
Angus Bunyan, who acted for Nigeria in its application for compensation from Glencore, reviews the judgment. As readers will doubtless be aware, last November the UK subsidiary of the international mining and commodities giant Glencore was in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Having pleaded guilty to seven counts of bribery under sections 1 […]
Absent witnesses: how the former British Cycling and Team Sky Doctor lost the appeal against his doping erasure: Cycling has for many years been a sport marred by doping accusations, many of which have subsequently been proved or admitted. The latest chapter in this story concerns Dr Richard Freeman, formerly Team Doctor for both British […]
Corroboration, Credibility and Demeanour: High Court rejects appeal in erasure case concerning serious sexual abuse by a doctor The rather appalling facts of this case concern the double rape and sexual harassment (over a period of a year) of a female doctor by another male doctor. A particularly harrowing aspect of the case was that […]
The Relevance of Motive where there is Evidence of Foul Play Facts The facts of this unusual and unhappy case concerned the drowning of Ms Leeson in an indoor swimming pool in remote holiday accommodation in Denmark where she had been holidaying with her husband, Donald McPherson. The medical evidence showed that Ms Leeson […]
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