The House of Lords EU Committee has today published its report Brexit: deal or no deal, outlining the potential impact of the UK leaving the EU without a deal, and examining the feasibility of a transition period immediately post-Brexit. The Committee describes the Government’s assertion that ‘no deal is better than a bad deal’ as […]
Toby Tiala, Programme Director of Equiniti KYC Solutions, discusses with Lawyer Monthly how banks can get a handle on the spiralling costs of KYC and due diligence, while also safeguarding their regulatory compliance. In a bid to combat money laundering, market manipulation and even terror funding, the rising tide of conduct-based regulations continues to challenge […]
With the ongoing review of the standard of proof in Solicitors Disciplinary Hearings, Steve Roberts, who heads up Richard Nelson LLP’s SRA services, takes a look at proceedings in the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal and asks whether any change is needed. What is the SDT? The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal is constituted under s.46 of The Solicitors […]
Images and videos are some of the most compelling forms of evidence that can be presented in a courtroom. Yet it is important that the steps we take when preparing them stand up to scrutiny. Within the field of forensic image and video analysis one of the biggest issues we face is the CSI effect: […]
Was #MeToo appropriate and effective for tackling sexual harassment? In this article, we try to answer how social media has changed such claims in law.
We hear from Silvio Riesen who reveals his journey to specialising in liability law, the challenges he faces and how he overcomes them for the betterment of his clients. What was the main reason behind you specialising in liability law? Before specialising in liability law, I had worked in a business law firm in […]
The term ‘legal malpractice’ is both a rising and evolving concept. It is a rising concept because as a term of art, it didn’t exist in the lexicon of the common law until the late mid-20th Century. It is an evolving concept because the meaning of the term has matured greatly since first coming into […]
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