The Brutal History of the Slave Tax in the UK

by | Jun 8, 2020 | 1

In February 2018 the Bank of England’s Twitter page chirpily announced: ‘Here’s today’s surprising #FridayFact. Millions of you helped end the slave trade through your taxes’. The infographic attached reported that ‘In 1833, Britain used £20 million, 40% of its...

Credit ratings and why they matter

by | Mar 16, 2020 | 1

The credit rating agency Fitch has recently downgraded their credit rating of the UK from AA to AA- because of the impact of the Corona virus and continued uncertainty about Brexit. Fitch believe economic output will drop 4% this year in the UK. Their concerns are...

Investments that are too good to be true

by | Sep 16, 2019 | 1

In the office mail today we received an unsolicited letter telling us of a ‘legal money hack’ on a mobile and how someone had made £10,233.97 profit a week, now having banked £338,273.22 profit. That’s great news. What’s even better is...

Guest lecture on the bank / customer relationship

by | Oct 16, 2018 | 1

Martin Berkeley of Corvinus Capital recently delivered the guest lecture on the nature and challenges of the Bank/Customer Relationship to graduate students at the University of Reading’s law school. The students were studying International Banking and Finance...

Why not share a joint at the bar?

by | Jun 16, 2016 | 1

The use of Single Joint Experts (SJE) is often overlooked in dispute resolution, both in litigation and mediation – despite being a major innovation post the Woolf reforms. SJE’s are instructed by both sides in a dispute can bring a number of advantages and...