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At the end of 2023, the English Courts heard a three-month trial to deal with allegations brought by the government of Mozambique that it is the victim of a conspiracy involving the payment of over $136million in bribes to corrupt government officials and Credit Suisse employees. Mozambique’s causes of action include bribery, unlawful means conspiracy,

Penal notices are sometimes seen as a tool by aggressive litigators to instil fear into the subjects of court orders to try and achieve compliance, but are they being used correctly?  This question has arisen because the rules around when and how to add a penal notice to a court order has been somewhat muddied

Last month, The Court of Appeal delivered an important costs judgement which has the potential to significantly impact how beneficiaries can challenge solicitors’ fees in contentious trusts, probate, private wealth and estate proceedings.

In the long-awaited decision of the Court of Appeal in Kenig v Thomson Snell & Passmore LLP [2024] EWCA Civ 15, the

Directors’ disqualification statistics: Key trends and observations from the latest insolvency service report | Dispute Resolution Law Blog | Kingsley Napley | Independent Law Firm of the Year 2022

20 February 2024

On 13th February 2024, the Insolvency Service (IS) released their latest monthly enforcement stats in relation to the directors’ disqualifications. The figures, whilst

HMRC recovered a record £326million following investigations into underpayments of inheritance tax in the year ending March 2022. Perhaps unsurprisingly in light of these figures, it seems that HMRC have continued their focus on inheritance tax investigations since then. Pursuant to a recent freedom of information request it is understood that HMRC opened 2,029 inheritance

Financial abuse is a serious issue that is reportedly on the rise. It is estimated that millions of older adults experience financial abuse each year, and the financial losses associated with this abuse can be devastating. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), approximately 1.5 million older adults in England experienced some form of

The issue of financial abuse is growing, particularly in respect of older people. Financial abuse involves the unauthorised and improper use of the assets of a vulnerable person, and can include theft, coercion, fraud or the misuse of powers by third parties in a position of trust. 

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