Following the London High Court Judgment in the fraud case of Kazakhstan Kagazy Group v Zhunus, Arip and Dikhanbayeva which awarded $300m to Kazakhstan Kagazy, Hugh McGregor, the General Counsel of Kazakhstan Kagazy PLC, outlines the process that his firm followed to uncover and litigate what Lord Justice Longmore described as almost the 'perfect' fraud. […]
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Russia, the Trump campaign and Wikileaks over an alleged 12 offences, including conspiracy, fraud and violations of the Wiretap Act. The suit comes in response to an alleged cyberattack on the DNC by Russia. Trump is also accused of both being aware of and […]
Thousands of UK investors are set to take legal action against Spanish banks for refusing to return deposits on failed property developments. During the property boom period that started in the 1990s, around 800,000 holiday homes were built in Spain each year. Buyers (a large proportion of them British), ploughed cash into Spanish real estate, […]
On International Women’s Day last month, a personal injury specialist called for the legal sector to #PressforProgress and address the potential for gender inequality in personal injury claims. Helena Oxley, trainee solicitor at Roythornes Solicitors, here considers the potential issues between claims for men and women and the impact these can have on calculating a […]
Philip M D Grundy, barrister at St John’s Buildings, with support from Nick Martin, Edward J P Grundy, and Mathew Smith, delves deep into the new Civil liability Bill and what it means for you. It is time for the insurer’s complaints and claimant’s gloating to cease. The Civil Liability Bill was recently introduced into […]
With Brexit is fast approaching, what with this mean for the claims industry? The leaving date is quickly approaching, thanks to Prime Minister Theresa May invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty on March 29th 2017 — leading to a new plan that the UK will officially step away from the economic and political partnership […]
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