Leading lawyers will decide whether there is still a place for the courts in commercial disputes in a debate at the Thames Valley Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators on Wednesday. Proposing the motion that there is no longer a place for the courts will be Derek Wood QC and solicitor and Arthur Marriot. Opposing will be Robert Akenhead QC and Professor Philip Capper.
In brief: Young calls in white-collar crime experts
Peter Young, the sacked Morgan Grenfell fund manager at the centre of a major investments inquiry, is instructing Peters & Peters. It is understand Young originally sought legal advice from S J Berwin before turning to the white-collar crime specialists. The firm, veteran of such cases as BCCI, Blue Arrow and Barlow Clowes, will be […]
