September/October 2016 #69 – Law Journals

Insights By Penningtons Manches: Perfect harmony?

Rustam Dubash and Clare Arthurs consider the conclusions of the Briggs Review ‘The most significant concern is the lack of adequate access to justice for ordinary individuals and small businesses.’ Briggs LJ described the purpose of his recent Civil Courts Structure Review as (1.3): … to identify how best by structural change to preserve the …

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Bribery Act: Airbusted?

Khawar Qureshi QC reports on the success of the UK Bribery Act 2010 five years on ‘A very significant provision is contained in s7 which criminalises the failure of commercial organisations to prevent bribery – but provides a defence if the organisation can prove it had “adequate procedures designed to prevent persons associated” with it …

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Disclosure: A binary breakthrough

David Sawtell looks at how technology might help with e-disclosure ‘A party or a fee-earner considering computer-assisted review should appraise the different available products on the market, as well as develop an awareness of the statistical issues involved.’The proliferation of electronic documents has increased the workload and cost associated with disclosure. The use of technology …

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Trial: Ambridge awareness

Sandra Paul presents a legal guide through the headline trial of the year ‘Helen Titchener was charged with grievous bodily harm with intent and attempted murder. The storyline dragged The Archers, kicking and screaming, out of the cosy portrayal of rural little Britain into the limelight of current issues.’Only those of the most Luddite disposition …

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Bribery Act: Airbusted?

Khawar Qureshi QC reports on the success of the UK Bribery Act 2010 five years on ‘A very significant provision is contained in s7 which criminalises the failure of commercial organisations to prevent bribery – but provides a defence if the organisation can prove it had “adequate procedures designed to prevent persons associated” with it …

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Disclosure: A binary breakthrough

David Sawtell looks at how technology might help with e-disclosure ‘A party or a fee-earner considering computer-assisted review should appraise the different available products on the market, as well as develop an awareness of the statistical issues involved.’The proliferation of electronic documents has increased the workload and cost associated with disclosure. The use of technology …

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Trial: Ambridge awareness

Sandra Paul presents a legal guide through the headline trial of the year ‘Helen Titchener was charged with grievous bodily harm with intent and attempted murder. The storyline dragged The Archers, kicking and screaming, out of the cosy portrayal of rural little Britain into the limelight of current issues.’Only those of the most Luddite disposition …

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Freezing Orders: The good, the bad and the frozen

Elizabeth Wiggin and Geraldine Elliott weigh up a recent case on freezing orders ‘The overriding consideration for the judge in deciding whether to maintain the freezing order was the interests of justice. He found that the injustice to the bank if the freezing order was discharged and the defendants were free to dissipate their assets …

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Regulation: I want to break free

Martin Cox provides another view of the Freedom of Information Act ‘Anyone can make a freedom of information request to public authorities – it is not necessary to be a UK citizen, or resident in the UK. Information requests can also be made by organisations, for example a newspaper, a campaign group or a company.’ …

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Practice: Malice in wonderland

In the second of two articles, Ian McDonald and Daniel Cook conclude their consideration of malicious prosecution ‘The Supreme Court had to determine whether the tort is available only in respect of the malicious prosecution of criminal proceedings and certain limited types of action, or whether its scope extends to the malicious prosecution of civil …

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