Red Flag Indicators – Reporting Suspicious Transactions
Your Reporting Obligations An obligation to make a suspicious transaction report in certain circumstances is imposed by various statutes: The Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act (CDSA); The Legal Profession Act (LPA) and its Legal
Amicus Agony
Dear Amicus Agony, I am a first-year associate in a small team. On average, I work six days a week and clock approximately 80 hours each. I feel like Sisyphus; every day is an uphill battle. Given the psychological stress that I
Law Gazette Awards
Winners for 2017 We are pleased to announce that the annual Law Gazette awards for 2017 went to the following: Alvin Chen of RHTLaw Taylor Wessing LLP for Ethical Limits of Making Imputations Against Complainants of Sexual Offences: Time for Reform
The Law Society Arbitration Scheme – Back to Basics
In its early years, arbitration was envisaged as a fast, private and cost-effective method of resolving disputes that would provide due process while bypassing many of the formal strictures of traditional litigation. However, increasingly long and drawn out proceedings have
Fighting for the Underdog – The Assigned Solicitors of the Legal Aid Bureau
“I had a client who married when she was still a minor. She had tried to be a good wife and mother – she had 3 children whom she cared for, and also ran the household. But the husband was