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The wrongful convictions of sub-postmasters
736 sub-postmasters and mistresses were wrongly accused of theft, fraud, and false accounting between 2000 and 2014.
Charity Commission Report into Kids Company
Charity Commission report undermines central features of the High Court’s judgment and poses far reaching implications
Leverets Sponsor Sevenoaks Suns Basketball Club
As a life-long sports fan and proud Man of Kent, I am delighted that Leverets is sponsoring the highly successful Sevenoaks Suns Women’s Basketball Club.
Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse – Lord Janner Investigation
Leverets and Danny Friedman QC, of Matrix Chambers, represented Lord Janner’s daughters, Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner and Marion Janner MBE, at IICSA.
Attempt to ban Kids Company trustees cost taxpayers £8m
The failed Keeping Kids Company trial, and the attempt to disqualify the former company directors, remains in the news headlines as the costs of the legal case are disclosed.
Insolvency Services refuses to disclose the full cost of the failed Kids Company proceedings
Following the failed Kids Company proceedings, the Insolvency Service has refused to reveal the full costs of legal proceedings and other additional fees associated with the trial.
Camila Batmanghelidjh’s legal team explore the impact of this case on charities and their directors
Natasha Jackson, barrister at 3 Hare Court, and Katharine Bailey, pupil barrister at 3 Hare Court, assisted Rupert Butler in the recent Kids Company litigation.
Camila Batmanghelidjh’s legal team discuss the recent Kids Company directors disqualification case and its implications for practitioners
Rupert Butler and Natasha Jackson successfully defended Camila Batmanghelidjh, founder of the prominent children’s charity Kids Company, in the directors disqualification proceedings that followed the charity’s collapse.
In this webinar, Rupert and Natasha discuss the implications for company and insolvency practitioners and give their insight on the case.
Kids Company Chief Executive Camila Batmanghelidjh praises Leverets on BBC Radio 4 ‘Woman’s Hour’ Interview
Fresh from her High Court success in fighting the threat of disqualification, Camila Batmanghelidjh was interviewed by Woman’s Hour presenter Emma Barnett on the popular BBC Radio 4 programme last week. In the interview, Batmanghelidjh was keen to emphasise the debt she owed to the Leverets team, led by Rupert Butler, which had acted so successfully for her.
The Child Sex Abuse Enquiry: One Family’s Story
The Jimmy Savile scandal – involving widespread sexual abuse of many children ‘in plain sight’ – was a landmark event that acted as a wake-up call to the authorities. The result
was the setting up in March 2015 of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (“IICSA”) as a statutory inquiry so as to make recommendations to ensure the best possible
protection for children in the future. Leverets guided the Janner family through all of IICSA’s harrowing processes, advising on how best to protect their family and their father’s reputation. This required not only forensic rigour but sensitivity and empathy at a time when family members were grieving over his death.
Case Dismissed – Camila Batmanghelidjh of Kids Company
Leverets successfully acted for Camila Batmangheldijh in the attempt by the Official Receiver to disqualify her as a de facto company director along with the other members of the Kids Company’s Trustee Board. In this landmark case Mrs Justice Falk held “disqualification was not warranted against any of the Trustees” as well as ruling that Camila Batmanghelidjh was not even a director. The Defendants maintained that it was unfounded allegations of sexual abuse during July 2015 which had sealed the charity’s fate.
Make your wishes known – Lasting Powers of Attorney
The recent change to the law that presumes you wish to donate your organs unless you have opted out, is a timely reminder that everyone should make their wishes known in the event of death, or incapacity. The obvious method of recording your wishes...
Your Barrister will see you now (without a Solicitor!)
Unless you have been unfortunate enough to end up in court, most people’s image of a Barrister has been through the prism of Rumpole of The Bailey, Kavanagh QC, or Silks. For programme-makers, the arresting visualisation of Barristers in...
