'Business and the Bar: working together' is the title of a seminar on 20 November organised by the Bar Association for Commerce, Finance & Industry. The seminar will examine ways in which the Bar and in-house lawyers can work together and will be chaired by Sir Sydney Lipworth QC, deputy chair of National Westminster Bank. The seminar at the Old Hall in Lincoln's Inn starts at 5.30pm and will be followed by a reception. For tickets, which cost £15, write to Janet Turner, 3 Gray's Inn Place, Gray's Inn, London WC1R 5EM.
Legal system stifles use of plea bargains, claims report
THE FUTURE of plea bargaining in financial fraud cases has been cast into doubt by MPs who slammed its use as “veiled in shadows”. The Treasury and Civil Service Select Committee’s report last week, the Regulation of Financial Services, voiced concerns despite support for plea bargaining from City regulators which want closer “interplay” between civil […]