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Lifting the corporate veil

In English Law, why do limited companies exist?  Why have limited liability at all? Limited liability encourages development of public markets for stock.   It limits  the risk of investors by the value of their shares in a company rather than unlimited liability and personal exposure.     Salomon v Salomon & Company Limited [1896] UKHL …

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Blackmail and Sextortion

“…do you feel a creeping, shrinking, sensation, Watson, when you stand before the serpents in the zoo, and see the slithery, gliding, venomous creatures, with their deadly eyes and wicked flattened faces?…He is the king of all blackmailers.  Heaven help the man, and still more the woman, whose secret and reputation comes into the power …

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Criminogenic business and why it is important to have internal systems and checks in place to gauge the moral compass of the culture and ethics of business

CRIMINOGENIC: Having the propensity to commit a crime: causing or likely to cause criminal behaviour     The study of #Fraud is spread over a number of fields of academic study including jurisprudence, psychology, sociology, accountancy, and criminonology, to name a few.  Diane Vaughan, an american sociologist and professor at Columbia once said: ‘Organizations can …

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Is this a symbol of tenacity and bravado, or an allegory of the world of litigation, and why it is best avoided.

In the chambers of a District Judge at the County Court at Barnet (formerly known as Barnet County Court…), hung a picture frame; and in that picture frame was a limerick of the Kilkenny Cats as an ode to the nature of litigators and litigation, probably best avoided by keeping a cool head, applying emotional …

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Technology, and the importance of being punctilious.

“… punctuation is a courtesy designed to help readers to understand a story without stumbling”. The Oxford English dictionary cites the word ‘punctilious: showing great attention to detail or correct behaviour’.   It is no coincidence that the word, ‘punctilious’ applies as much to manners, as it does to punctuation.  In the introduction to Lynne …

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SHOULD I DIVORCE?

You should not divorce. You should find ways to make your relationship work. SHOULD YOU DIVORCE? You should both find a way to make things work, especially where there are children involved. There are plenty of marriage counsellors who can assist you to rebuild bridges. Talk things through. Try to keep channels of communication open, …

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