Oliver Cooke
Senior associate
Senior associate, Penningtons Manches Cooper (www.penningtonslaw.com).
Rounding up their series on economic crime in the UK, Kate Bridgland, Oliver Cooke & Richard Marshall assess the potential of the proposed ‘failure to prevent fraud’ offence
The concept of reckless falsity has been rejected by the Court of Appeal: Sam Thomas, Manon Huckle, Oliver Cooke & Richard Marshall assess some key takeaways for contempt of court applications
A cunning (economic crime) plan? Kate Bridgland, Oliver Cooke & Richard Marshall turn their attention to the government’s proposals for tackling money laundering & fraud
In the first of a three-part series on the changing economic crime landscape in the UK, Kate Bridgland, Oliver Cooke & Richard Marshall put Serious Fraud Office prosecutions in the dock
It’s all to play for as Richard Marshall & Oliver Cooke run through an (almost) A to Z of sports law
Deferred Prosecution Agreements—five years on, what have we learned? By Oliver Cooke & Dan Hyde
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MOVERS & SHAKERS
Red Lion Chambers—Maurice MacSweeney
Set creates new client and business development role amid growth
Kingsley Napley—Tim Lowles
Sports disputes practice launchedwith partner appointment
mfg Solicitors—Tom Evans
Tax and succession planning offering expands with returning partner
NEWS
The rank of King’s Counsel (KC) has been awarded to 96 barristers, and no solicitors, in the latest silk round
Can a chief constable be held responsible for disobedient officers? Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth, professor of public law at De Montfort University, examines a Court of Appeal ruling that answers firmly: yes
Early determination is no longer a novelty in arbitration. In NLJ this week, Gustavo Moser, arbitration specialist lawyer at Lexis+, charts the global embrace of summary disposal powers, now embedded in the Arbitration Act 1996 and mirrored worldwide. Tribunals may swiftly dismiss claims with ‘no real prospect of succeeding’, but only if fairness is preserved
The Ministry of Justice is once again in the dock as access to justice continues to deteriorate. NLJ consultant editor David Greene warns in this week's issue that neither public legal aid nor private litigation funding looks set for a revival in 2026
Civil justice lurches onward with characteristic eccentricity. In his latest Civil Way column, Stephen Gold, NLJ columnist, surveys a procedural landscape featuring 19-page bundle rules, digital possession claims, and rent laws he labels ‘bonkers’
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