In July of 2021, the International Bar Association Global Employment Institute issued a report which outlined how internal company investigations are taking on unprecedented importance, with businesses seemingly under more and more scrutiny to stamp out bad behaviour. Conducting an internal investigation, regardless of how it originates, can seem daunting. Mistakes might delay outcomes and
On 6 October 2023, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Mints & Ors v PJSC National Bank Trust & Anor [2023] EWCA Civ 1132, a case connected to the long-running litigation brought by two state-owned Russian banks against the second claimant’s co-founder and members of his family, among others. The proceedings are some
A business may need to conduct an internal fact-finding investigation for a variety of reasons and at any time. When doing so, it will, understandably, be minded to ensure that its findings (and any underlying documents and information that informed such findings) are kept confidential and – to the greatest extent possible – protected by
