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To Be or Not To Be... an Expert Witness

28th February 2018
To Be or Not To Be... an Expert Witness   In all developed systems of law, the evidence of expert witnesses can be crucial to the outcome of a dispute. Nowhere is this more so than in the UK, where expert evidence has been used in court cases since at least the 15th century. Nowadays […]
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Your Thoughts: Police Brutality & Corruption

20th February 2018
In recent news, it was reported that a federal jury found two Baltimore police officers guilty of corruption for robbing city residents. Their stealing of seized guns, cash and drugs for resale also corrupted many other cases. Lawyer Monthly reached out to legal experts this week and below lists several responses to some of the […]
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The SFO Needs Fresh Blood

19th February 2018
SFO specialist journalist Dominic Carman here discusses with Lawyer Monthly the SFO's dire need for new leadership. Discussing the current handover of authority within the organisation, Dominic also touches on the prospects of criticism surrounding the SFO in the near future. Alongside the bankers, lawyers and wealthy business men, no one from the Serious Fraud […]
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Supreme Court Considers Test of Vienna Convention in Relation to Wikileaks

19th February 2018
The Supreme Court has decided in Bancoult (No 3), by 5-2, that a government decision about the Chagos Islands was not made for an improper purpose. In reaching this decision, the Court unanimously held that a Wikileaks document could be admitted into evidence. The case concerned the decision of the then Secretary of State for Foreign […]
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Are Crypto Currencies Creating Too Much Risk? It’s Time for Regulation

15th February 2018
New currencies, ICOs and ambitious FinTechs could be creating more and more cyber risks for the future, and some experts are calling for increased legal regulation in the crypto sphere. Below Alex Larsen, CFIRM, Institute of Risk Management (IRM) subject expert, explains how and why crypto currencies are creating more and more investment risk, with […]
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Jones Day Extends Lead Against Rest of US Legal Market Even Further

14th February 2018
Acritas’ seventh annual US Law Firm Brand Index sees Jones Day extend its lead against the market, increasing the gap against the rest of the leading brands to an extent not seen since 2014. Acritas’ US Law Firm Brand Index 2018 is compiled from analysis of an extract of data from the Sharplegal US survey […]
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Tax-Payer Should Not Fork Out to “Reinvent” the CJEU

13th February 2018
British tax-payers should not be asked to foot the Bill to set up an alternative to the European Court of Justice (CJEU) unless there are tangible benefits to the quality of justice, a Bar Council Brexit expert has told Peers as he warned against “reinventing the wheel.” Giving evidence to the House of Lords EU […]
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