Where a horse tests positive for a prohibited substance it of course follows that it is disqualified. However, a Responsible Person can avoid a personal penalty if they can establish on the balance of probabilities that the substance was not administered intentionally (limb 1) and they had taken all reasonable precautions to avoid violating the […]
Introduction A title like this (not my suggestion, I hasten to add) makes me just a little nervous, because having set the bar high, you can almost guarantee this will be anything but a masterclass. It’s a little like that puffed-up barrister who’s giving it large to the client and his instructing solicitor before the […]
Introduction On 11 July 2016 British tax consultant Deborah Annells was sentenced by the High Court of Hong Kong to nine years’ imprisonment for offences relating to theft, fraud and possession of a false instrument, following a guilty plea.[1] The case is an example of serious and prolific white-collar offending, and one which raises major […]
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