Frank Maher
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Frank Maher is a partner in Keystone Law specialising in professional regulation and professional indemnity insurance law (www.keystonelaw.co.uk).
Partner
Frank Maher is a partner in Keystone Law specialising in professional regulation and professional indemnity insurance law (www.keystonelaw.co.uk).
A litigator’s year of risk: Frank Maher runs through some of the challenges that lie ahead
A resolution worth keeping…spotting gaps in your firm’s insurance policy. Frank Maher sets out where you might slip up
Cybercrime crackdown & anti-money laundering action: Frank Maher looks to the year ahead & runs through the key risks for law firms to keep in mind
Lawyers face a complex task on sanctions compliance, writes Frank Maher
Risk & compliance: Frank Maher provides expert analysis on the challenges ahead
Frank Maher shares some predictions for law firm risk
In the final of a series of articles, Frank Maher advises upon how to tackle rogue partners & employees
In a second in a series of articles, Frank Maher advises upon how to discover rogue partners & employees
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Freeths—Rachel Crosier
Projects and rail practices strengthened by director hire in London
Bird & Bird—Gordon Moir
London tech and comms team boosted by telecoms and regulatory hires
DWF—Stephen Hickling
Real estate team in Birmingham welcomes back returning partner
NEWS
Criminal juries may be convicting—or acquitting—on a misunderstanding. Writing in NLJ this week Paul McKeown, Adrian Keane and Sally Stares of The City Law School and LSE report troubling survey findings on the meaning of ‘sure’
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has narrowly preserved a key weapon in its anti-corruption arsenal. In this week's NLJ, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers examines Guralp Systems Ltd v SFO, in which the High Court ruled that a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) remained in force despite the company’s failure to disgorge £2m by the stated deadline
As the drip-feed of Epstein disclosures fuels ‘collateral damage’, the rush to cry misconduct in public office may be premature. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke of Hill Dickinson warns that the offence is no catch-all for political embarrassment. It demands a ‘grave departure’ from proper standards, an ‘abuse of the public’s trust’ and conduct ‘sufficiently serious to warrant criminal punishment’
Employment law is shifting at the margins. In his latest Employment Law Brief for NLJ this week, Ian Smith of Norwich Law School examines a Court of Appeal ruling confirming that volunteers are not a special legal species and may qualify as ‘workers’
Refusing ADR is risky—but not always fatal. Writing in NLJ this week, Masood Ahmed and Sanjay Dave Singh of the University of Leicester analyse Assensus Ltd v Wirsol Energy Ltd: despite repeated invitations to mediate, the defendant stood firm, made a £100,000 Part 36 offer and was ultimately ‘wholly vindicated’ at trial
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