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  • Proportionality, at length: the Supreme Court’s “QASA” ruling

    Carl Gardner
    June 24, 2015

    The Supreme Court has in today’s judgment in R (Lumsdon) v Legal Services Board ruled lawful the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates, as approved by the Legal Services Board. The scheme will require […]

    Tags: advocacy, barristers, eu law, judicial review, proportionality, regulation, UK Supreme Court
  • The Law Commission, regulation and civil sanctions

    Carl Gardner
    August 27, 2010

    I wrote yesterday at Guardian Law about the Law Commission’s new consultation paper on Criminal Liability in Regulatory Contexts, which has been reported as proposing the repeal of minor criminal offences:

    The alternative approach proposed by the Law […]

    Tags: crime, guardian, legislation, regulation
  • Short selling now market abuse

    Carl Gardner
    September 19, 2008

    Last night it was reported that the FSA would act to clamp down on “short selling“; the objective obviously being to deter speculative attacks on banks such as those on HBOS that went on for some time before […]

    Tags: credit crunch, financial services, regulation
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