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ArticleBetter Not Call SaulSince the acquittals in the Barclays LIBOR retrial in the summer of 2017 there has been much discussion in the business crime community about the significance of the spectacular implosion...United KingdomLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationBivonas Law LLP
ArticleDidn't You Get My Letter?Lord Bingham identified certainty, clarity and predictability as key constituents of the Rule of Law. United KingdomLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationBivonas Law LLP
ArticleRussian AssurancesWhilst the UK government has no hesitation in accusing Russia of using a chemical agent in an attempted murder on UK soil, the English courts still find no reason to doubt the truthfulness...United KingdomLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationBivonas Law LLP
ArticleThe Aftermath Of The Panama PapersAfter global media organisations published the leaked Panama Papers from law firm Mossack Fonseca revealing how corporates and some of the world's wealthy and powerful used offshore companies to hide their assets . . .United KingdomCorporate/Commercial LawBivonas Law LLP
ArticleIllegality – No Bar To RecoveryIn the case of Patel v Mirza 2016 UKSC 42 Mr Patel was entitled to restitution of £620,000.00 given to Mr Mirza to place bets on a bank's share price with the benefit of insider information.United KingdomLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationBivonas Law LLP
ArticleSanctions And Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018On 23 May 2018, the Sanctions and Money Laundering Act was given Royal Assent. Currently the ability of the UK to impose domestic sanctions is set out in the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001...European UnionGovernment, Public SectorBivonas Law LLP