Articles - DAC Beachcroft

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mayo 2016

Plea Bargaining Agreements: The impact on D&O coverage in Brazil

Plea Bargaining Agreements: The impact on D&O coverage in Brazil

Operation Car Wash, the investigation ordered by the Brazilian Supreme Court into the alleged corruption within Brazil's state oil company, Petrobras, ...

Guernsey court adopts restrictive approach to Hastings Bass

Guernsey court adopts restrictive approach to Hastings Bass

In the autumn edition of this newsletter, we reported on a decision by the Guernsey Court in the case of HCS Trustees Limited and another v Camperio L ...

D&O in Latin America

D&O in Latin America

Directors and Officers insurance has been an established line of business in most Latin American territories for many years now. Recent developments ...

Update on FIFA investigations

Update on FIFA investigations

The fallout continues from allegations of widespread corruption in FIFA, football's world governing body. FIFA has been engulfed in controversy since ...

Corporate Crime: Individual Accountability

Corporate Crime: Individual Accountability

In May 2016, Prime Minster David Cameron hosted the UK Government's first international anti-corruption summit and pledged to lead the fight against e ...

New offence of "Reckless management of a bank" comes into force

New offence of "Reckless management of a bank" comes into force

Implemented in stages, the Financial Service (Banking Reform) Act 2013 has enabled HM Treasury to make significant reforms to the regulation of the f ...

Vendor's solicitor jointly liable to purchaser in novel breach of trust case

Vendor's solicitor jointly liable to purchaser in novel breach of trust case

Hurry Narain Purrunsing v A’Court & Co and (2) House Owners Conveyancers Limited [2016] EWHC 789 (14 April 2016) In a case which raises a novel po ...

Civil restraint order - DAC Beachcroft makes an innovative High Court claim to stop a serial litigant bringing claims in the Employment Tribunal

Civil restraint order - DAC Beachcroft makes an innovative High Court claim to stop a serial litigant bringing claims in the Employment Tribunal

Serial and vexatious litigation from employees can be a serious issue for employers in the Employment Tribunals as historically, there has been nothin ...

Germany - Dashcam recordings admissible as evidence for serious traffic offences

Germany - Dashcam recordings admissible as evidence for serious traffic offences

There have been many legal issues surrounding the use of recordings from dashboard cameras, commonly known as 'dashcams'. However the Higher Regional ...

FCA areas of focus 2016/17

FCA areas of focus 2016/17

The beginning of the month saw the publication of the FCA's 2016/2017 Business Plan. This sets out the FCA's work programme and priorities for the co ...