Legal Cheek Journal

The curious case of Zapata v HSBC Holdings Plc: What happens when Mexican drug cartel victims take on the banks

Ruth Keating, runner up of the BARBRI Global Financial Crime Blogging Prize, takes a look at this David and Goliath case

2 June 2016 12:11

Tom Hayes LIBOR rigging case: A message sent to the world of banking

Theodora Christoforou, runner up of the BARBRI Global Financial Crime Blogging Prize, explores the first of its kind case

31 May 2016 10:05

Inside insider trading: Tabernula and Salman – high stakes on both sides of the Atlantic

From Southwark to Washington, Tom Watret explores the future of financial crime -- in the winning entry of the BARBRI Global Financial Crime Blogging Prize

26 May 2016 10:53

Joshua Rozenberg: Are universities meeting their legal duty to ensure free speech for students?

Some institutions are acting within the law, but others may not be

24 May 2016 07:33

Civil law and common law: Total opposites or much of a muchness?

The steady convergence of the two systems

19 May 2016 10:55

R v Jogee – A Supreme Court betrayal

The campaign against the joint enterprise doctrine is not over

13 May 2016 12:22

Does anyone actually care about the separation of powers anymore?

It may well only exist in the abstract nowadays, and that’s okay

11 May 2016 10:00

Judges, you need to catch up with parliament in your treatment of transgender people

Stop reminding litigants what used to be between their legs

6 May 2016 11:12

Race in the criminal justice system: What role does it play 20 years after the OJ Simpson trial?

Police brutality is alive and well on the streets of America

4 May 2016 10:57

Where’s the fair use?

Copyright law is struggling to keep pace with technology. Mayer Brown associate Jonathan Dack looks at what this means for vloggers as the #WTFU debate gathers pace

27 April 2016 10:58