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SFO: Value for Money?

21st March 2019
Whether the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is value for money is a question that is being asked following developments that could give ammunition to its detractors.
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Jersey Introduces Limited Liability Company Legislation

19th March 2019
The Limited Liability Companies (Jersey) Law 2018 (the LLC Law) is expected to come into force in early 2019 and is designed to allow fund managers and investors to use a limited liability company (LLC) structure which they will be familiar with from the US and certain other international finance centres.
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How Will Brexit Affect Workers’ Rights?

12th March 2019
With the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union (EU) fast approaching, working people are still uncertain about what could happen to their hard-won rights when Brexit happens.
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Overseas Production Orders: How the Law Is Changing in Data Privacy

7th March 2019
When Ministers describe a draft bill as “important but essentially boring”, one can safely assume that lawyers, not widely celebrated for their ability to distinguish the interesting from the boring, are the only people who sit up and take notice.
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President Trump’s Threats to Remove Birthright Citizenship Could Impact Surrogacies

5th March 2019
Birthright citizenship plays a vital role in family law, particularly for foreign nationals who chose to have a child through surrogacy.
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Government Review of Criminal Legal Aid Fees: A Vain Attempt at Appeasement?

4th March 2019
‘Government increases legal aid funding’ is not a headline you read very often. Sadly, that is just the attention seeking headline to catch your attention now.
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Forget Current Party-Political Turmoil, Who Has Thrown the Best Political House Party?

26th February 2019
The UK’s current political landscape is in turmoil and with both main parties fighting among themselves and the latest developments of a Labour Party split with seven of its members resigning the party whip.
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Supreme Court Rejects Government Appeals on Criminal Records Disclosure Scheme

25th February 2019
Many people have been haunted by their past minor transgressions, which on any view bare no indication of who they are and have become in the present day. Naturally, many people have probably been fearful of applying for jobs knowing that their past will hinder them.
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Trials and Tribulations of the SFO: Plain Sailing from Here On?

21st February 2019
Following a tumultuous 2018 for the Serious Fraud Office, Iskander Fernandez, Partner and white collar crime expert at BLM, addresses the agency’s recent investigations, whether recent changes in senior leadership could steady the SFO ship, and issues surrounding corporate criminal liability.
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The Criminal Law Disclosure Process: Why Is the System Failing?

19th February 2019
Some weeks back the Attorney General appeared before the Commons Justice Committee and vowed to “crack the whip” to rectify the all too well known failings in the criminal disclosure process.
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