In the early part of the 19th century sculptures from the Parthenon in Athens were removed from the Acropolis under the direction of the Earl of Elgin, then the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, which at the time included Greece. The sculptures were brought to Britain, finding their way...

In the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) and others v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills case, the High Court of Justice in matter of private copy exception provides the twofold prime opportunity to shed light on the state of the art of copyright...

This paper explores the increasing popularity of schemes of arrangement under the Companies Act 1993 as an alternative mechanism to effect corporate takeovers by comparing schemes with traditional takeover offers under the Takeovers Code. Parts I and II of this paper introduce and provide...

This article analyses the international trend towards the adoption of short-form disclosure documents for retail financial products through a comparison of six jurisdictions: the European Union, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada and New Zealand. For the purposes of the analysis,...

Public debate in the run up to the Referendum of 23 June has focused on many economic issues, including the status of the United Kingdom as a member state outside the Eurozone. Those campaigning to leave have argued that the government ‘has given away its veto' over the further integration of...

The regulation of procurement within the European Union is binary: above certain financial thresholds, contracts are subject to full EU regulation, whereas below they are only subject to national rules (in general). First introduced in the 1970s, the financial thresholds are arbitrary without a...

The modern registered company may fairly be described as one of humankind's greatest inventions. Indeed, the Economist of 18 December 1926 said: "The economic historian of the future may assign to the nameless inventor of the principle of limited liability, as applied to trading corporations, a...

In the aftermath of the Brexit, the EU is swinging between a vision of enhanced integration, specified by the Five Presidents Report, and a decision by the people of one of its leading member states – the UK – to withdraw this alliance, that may be interpreted as a non-confidence vote in the...

At one time, the legal profession largely regulated itself. However, based on the economic notion that increased competition would benefit consumers, jurisdictions have deregulated their legal markets by easing rules relating to attorney advertising, fees, and, most recently, nonlawyer ownership...

Most scholars who have written about the law of slavery in England have focused on Somerset’s case of 1772, which had an intellectual impact not only in England itself but across the British Empire. While we recognize that Somerset represented some change in practice, historians have searched...