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Litigation

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When you think you are right and everyone else is wrong.

We all have a sense of what is good and what is just, and what is justice. Even if we are wrongdoers, do we convince ourselves as sound rational thinkers, that we are still right and just in our actions, sufficient to convince a court of law?

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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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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