16th Apr 2024Blog
Lurking within the Companies Act 2006 are numerous strict liability offences, which are coupled with ‘reverse burden’ statutory defences (ie. those which require the defendant (usually a company director) to prove the defence in question). In the event of prosecution under these provisions, there are two interesting questions for defence practitioners to consider, namely (a) […]
11th Dec 2023Blog
Disputes and investigations giving rise to proceedings in both the criminal and civil jurisdictions are increasingly common. The principles surrounding the disclosure and use in one domestic jurisdiction of material received in another are well-established, albeit their application may be complex and highly fact-specific. The implied undertaking by the recipient of evidence disclosed in civil […]
17th Nov 2023Blog
It is probably right to say that not many cases that started life in the Northern Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court have been subject to the scrutiny of the finest legal minds in the country. But a story with its origins in a warehouse in Scotland and a courthouse in the midlands reached its end on 1 […]
2nd Oct 2023Blog
Just before eleven o’clock every morning, sixteen individuals each sitting at their respective desks at one of the sixteen most prestigious banks in London – nursing their second, perhaps third, cups of coffee – ask themselves the question: at this time, at what interest rate could my bank borrow funds, at a reasonable market size, […]
3rd Aug 2023News
As the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill moves through Parliament, Christopher Coltart KC and Seladore Legal’s Dan Hudson have together analysed its implications for victims of economic crime. As the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill awaits final amendments prior to Royal Assent after the summer recess, thoughts now turn to the practical impact that the […]
