Disclosure

Will Burrows on why better protection is needed for those who report wrongdoing

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has faced some serious stumbling blocks in its time, so is it fit for purpose? In this week’s NLJ, in the first of a three-part series, Penningtons Manches Cooper lawyers Kate Bridgland, associate, Oliver Cooke, senior associate, and Richard Marshall, partner, put SFO prosecutions in the dock.

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

Following an urgent disclosure hearing, the Chair of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry, Sir Wyn Williams, has announced that all future inquiry requests for evidence to the Post Office will carry a notice under section 21 of the Inquiries Act 2005 (IA 2005) which carries the threat of criminal sanction. 

Holding your tongue? Mary Young considers when a party’s right to silence applies in civil proceedings

Sophia Purkis examines the enforcement of Bankers Trust orders on overseas banks in light of the new gateway for third-party information orders

Could ChatGPT alter the rules of disclosure? In this week’s NLJ, Rosie Wild and Anna-Rose Davies, of Cooke, Young & Keidan, look at the potential impact of the famous artificial intelligence tool on disclosure. 

Could ChatGPT change the face of disclosure as we know it? Rosie Wild & Anna-Rose Davies report

The courts expect greater cooperation from parties on disclosure and judges are imposing tougher sanctions for non-compliance. 

The new landscape for disclosure: Natalie Osafo & Joseph Rossello set out best practice, the court’s expectations & what lies ahead