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Illicit financial flow and the vulnerability of banks - The link between corruption and money laundering, a socio-legal study of the laws and practice in the UK and Nigeria (2021)
Thesis

Secrecy jurisdictions, banking secrecy and corporate secrecy are intricately connected to illicit financial flow (IFF), that facilitate corruption and money laundering but the Corruption Perceptions Indicator (CPI) provides a misleading interpretatio... Read More about Illicit financial flow and the vulnerability of banks - The link between corruption and money laundering, a socio-legal study of the laws and practice in the UK and Nigeria.

A competition law first (2019)
Journal Article

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published the full text of its first competition law decision in May 2019. The decision related to three asset management firms whose employees operated a cartel sharing price sensitive information during an init... Read More about A competition law first.

Competition law and LIBOR in three jurisdictions: The United States of America, the United Kingdom and the European Union (2017)
Book Chapter

The London Interbank Offered Rate, better known as LIBOR, has ridden turbulent times over the last decade. Major banks, either through the collusion of individual traders operating on a discrete basis or on the instructions from more senior personnel... Read More about Competition law and LIBOR in three jurisdictions: The United States of America, the United Kingdom and the European Union.

Stadia safety (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Spectator safety, licensing and stadia safety in UK and European Football. In light of the jury verdicts in the Hillsborough Inquest (2016), this paper looks back to see whether the stated aims of the Taylor Report have been met, or whether Governmen... Read More about Stadia safety.

The United Nation Convention on Contracts for the International Sales of Goods 1980 (CISG) An examination of the buyer’s remedy of avoidance under the CISG: How is the remedy interpreted, exercised and what are the consequences of avoidance? (2015)
Thesis

This thesis examines the interpretation and application of the buyer’s remedy of avoidance under the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods 1980 (CISG). The main research question focusses on ‘How is the remedy es... Read More about The United Nation Convention on Contracts for the International Sales of Goods 1980 (CISG) An examination of the buyer’s remedy of avoidance under the CISG: How is the remedy interpreted, exercised and what are the consequences of avoidance?.

Are the current laws and potential enforcement measures effective in achieving the accountability of bank directors for their actions, or the actions of the banks they manage? A comparison of UK and US approaches (2014)
Book Chapter

The recent banking crisis has highlighted deficiencies in the regulation of banks and in 2011 this gave rise to a full scale review of the banking sector and how it is regulated. New regulation came in the form of the Financial Services Act which rec... Read More about Are the current laws and potential enforcement measures effective in achieving the accountability of bank directors for their actions, or the actions of the banks they manage? A comparison of UK and US approaches.

A critique of the counter economic crime regime in the United Kingdom, with reference to the United States of America and Australia (2014)
Thesis

Economic crime is an important feature of the United Kingdom’s economy and yet it attracts less attention from the media, government and law enforcement agencies than violent crime, even though it is a major drain on the economy, it threatens the rep... Read More about A critique of the counter economic crime regime in the United Kingdom, with reference to the United States of America and Australia.

Euro‐vision of energy trade with Russia: Current problems and future prospects for EU solidarity in energy trade (2014)
Journal Article

This article provides an analysis of the legal framework against which the energy trade between the European Union (EU) and the Russian Federation (Russia) has been conducted. In doing so the EU’s ability and duty to operate its external energy trade... Read More about Euro‐vision of energy trade with Russia: Current problems and future prospects for EU solidarity in energy trade.