Privy Council clarifies power to rectify share registers of BVI companies
By Ian Mann Colin Riegels From Harneys On 21 January 2015 the Privy Council handed down its decision in Nilon Limited v Royal Westminster Investments SA [2015] UKPC 2 clarifying the power of the courts to rectify the share register…
‘It couldn’t happen now’ – HSBC boss claims tax scandal is all in the past
By The Guardian From HITC On a normal balance sheet, there’s a profit and loss account. In Wednesday afternoon, the Treasury select committee asked Stuart Gulliver, HSBC’s chief executive, and Douglas Flint, HSBC’s chairman, to explain why they both had…
Maduro says Venezuela detains U.S. citizens; announces moves against U.S
Reuters By Diego Ore and Brian Ellsworth From Yahoo News CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Saturday his government had detained U.S. citizens, including a pilot, on suspicion of espionage, in a move likely to strain already…
Destination of week
Inside the real Cuba By Chris Kitching for Mailonline Candid photos show poverty-stricken rural communities that tourists rarely see In village of Gabriel, farmers sell produce and meat at roadside stands, and there are very few cars Like in Havana,…
‘House of Cards’ makes actor of former Acting SG
By Mike Sacks, The National Law Journal In a witty fictional twist, Hogan Lovells partner Neal Katyal battles an on-screen version of himself in an episode of the just-released third season of the popular Netflix series, House of Cards. Katyal—the…
CNN’s new series rankles legal blog with same name
By Nell Gluckman, The Am Law Daily The legal blog Above the Law wants to take on CNN. The blog discovered late last week that CNNMoney had released a series on government debt collection, calling it “Above the Law.” Elie…
Somber Russians fear for their country’s future after Boris Nemtsov’s murder
By Natalia Antonova From Mashable MOSCOW — Thousands of people marched in Moscow in memory of slain opposition politician Boris Nemtsov on Sunday. Nemtsov’s shocking murder, which took place literally beside the Kremlin’s walls on Friday night, triggered one of…
Typical Caribbean party in Perth, Australia
By Nishad Pai Vaidya From Cricket Country ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: Chris Gayle, Andre Russell entertain crowd The West Indies were welcomed in Perth with a typical Caribbean party ahead of their ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 clash against…
14 reasons the Qatar World Cup is going to be a disaster
By Tony Manfred From Business Insider FIFA has effectively moved the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to winter, breaking one of the central promises of the country’s bid and enraging the world’s biggest professional teams. Qatar’s lack of infrastructure and…
In solidarity: When Caribbean immigrants become black
By Victoria Brown from NBC News I listened with fascination as my Jamaican immigrant student enumerated the ways West Indians were superior to African Americans. Children from the Caribbean went to better primary schools, didn’t skip classes, had parents who…
