Robert Rhodes QC lectures on ADR and on the Bribery Act in China.
Robert Rhodes QC, while with a Bar Council delegation to China, lectured twice at the Central University of Economics and Finance, Beijing on ADR and on the Bribery Act, as well as addressing the Beijing Lawyers’ Association and a seminar of the Tianjin Lawyers’ Association.
Fraud, Asset Tracing and Recovery in the Gulf
Ali Almihdar is speaking at C5’s Annual Conference Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery in the Gulf Legal Developments, Innovative Tactics and Successful Strategies for Civil Fraud Professionals in January 2012 at Al Murooj Rotana Dubai Hotel, United Arab Emirates.
Robert Rhodes QC invited to lecture in China on “adequate procedures” in Bribery Act.
Robert Rhodes QC has been invited to join a Bar Council delegation to visit Beijing and Tianjin in November, when he will speak at a seminar on the defence of “adequate procedures” to charges of corporate bribery under the Bribery Act 2010.
Oliver Assersohn wins in Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal decision in The Great Estates Group Limited v Mr Digby was handed down today and upheld the decision made at first instance that a property vendor was not liable to pay commission to an estate agent allegedly instructed as a sole agent because the terms of engagement did not comply with requirements imposed by the Estate Agents Act (1979). The Court of Appeal also held that the meaning of the term “sole agency” is not as straightforward as it might seem.
The Legal Aid Bill and CFAs
Gerard McDermott QC looks at what is happening with conditional fee agreements and when changes are likely to happen in his note: Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill: Implications for Personal Injury Litigation.
GMC diamorphine overdose case concludes
James Leonard represented a Shropshire General Practitioner in proceedings before a Fitness to Practise Panel of the General Medical Council. The case received wide national press coverage.
Andrew Spink QC in successful freezing injunction
Andrew Spink QC appeared on behalf of the independent trustee, Dalriada Trustees Limited, in a successful freezing injunction application against pension scheme administrators.
Robert Rhodes QC was interviewed live by Sky News on “Sunrise” about the extradition of the Serbian General Mladic.
General Mladic is facing 15 charges in the Hague for his alleged involvement in the worst genocide in Europe since the Second World War, when some 8,000 Muslim Serbs were slaughtered in Sbrenica in July 1995.
