Welcome to the June 2010 edition of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge's Litigation UK. In this edition we consider the recently passed Bribery Act and also Lord Justice Jackson's Review of Litigation Costs.
Becket McGrath, Head of our Competition Law Group, London, reports on competition law liability for directors and, in particular, the recent High Court decision involving three Safeway companies. We also review Scottish Lion's attempts at putting in place a solvent scheme of arrangement and the controversial decision of Equitas v R&Q.
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