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Stephen Parkinson

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Kingsley Napley LLP

Work Department

Criminal litigation; regulatory and professional discipline.

Position

Group head of criminal litigation and regulatory and professional discipline departments. Specialises in criminal, regulatory and police law. Represented No 10 and Cabinet office witnesses in Hutton Inquiry, a significant witness in the Iraq Inquiry and Sir Ian Blair in The Stockwell Two Inquiry. Previously deputy head of Attorney General’s Office.

Career

Qualified 2005; legal adviser to Companies Investigation, Brands 1992-97; head of chancery group, treasury solicitors department 1997-99; deputy head, Attorney General’s Office 1999-2003; partner, Kinglsey Napley 2005; head of criminal department, Kingsley Napley 2006.

Education

Chippenham School; University College London.

Practice Areas

Administrative and public law; Crime - corporate; Fraud

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  • Financial assistance: whitewashed by the Companies Act 2006

    Undoubtedly, the most eagerly awaited provision contained in the most recent Companies Act 2006 (the 2006 Act) implementation in October 2008 was that in relation to financial assistance. One of the overall aims of the 2006 Act was to significantly reduce the administrative burdens involved with running a company. To what extent have the changes to the financial assistance regime eased the regulatory burdens on directors and the workload of their lawyers?
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