Joan Loughrey
Biographic Data
| ID | 5579931 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joan Loughrey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joan |
| FAMILY NAME | Loughrey |
| SIGNATURE | LOUGHREY J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Leeds |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0160-3762 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Individual accountability for corporate harms: Disqualification and the role of public enforcement
A number of jurisdictions including the UK and Australia use director disqualification as a public enforcement mechanism when responding to corporate harms that give rise to public anger and calls for executive accountability. Focussing on the UK, and referencing the on-going Post Office scandal as an example, this paper demonstrates that disqualification alone is an inadequate means of achieving accountability. This is not just because in the UK…
Regulating Law Firms from the Inside: The Role of Compliance Officers for Legal Practice in England and Wales
Following the Legal Services Act 2007, which permitted the delivery of legal services through Alternative Business Structures (ABS), the Solicitors Regulation Authority required all regulated legal service firms to appoint Compliance Officers for Legal Practice (COLPs). COLPs are charged with taking reasonable steps to ensure that firms comply with their obligations, which entails interpreting what outcomes‐focused regulation (OFR) requires of th…
An Unsatisfactory Stalemate: R (on the Application of Prudential plc) v Special Commissioner of Income Tax
Accountability and the Regulation of the Large Law Firm Lawyer
The regulation of solicitors in E ngland and W ales has undergone great change in the wake of the Legal Services Act 2007. This article considers these regulatory developments through the lens of accountability, focussing on the regulation of transactional lawyers and the large commercial firms. It examines to what extent the Solicitors Regulation Authority's regulatory framework promotes accountability, examining entity regulation, outcomes‐focu…
Legal Advice Privilege and the Corporate Client
This article considers the question of which corporate communications attract legal advice privilege. Specifically, it assesses the implications of adopting, on the one hand, a narrow ‘control group’ test and, on the other, a broad ‘dominant purpose’ test for determining the scope of privileged communications. The Court of Appeal's decision in Three Rivers DC v Governor and Company of the Bank of England (No. 5) is compared with approaches adopte…
Legal Advice Privilege and the Corporate Client
This article considers the question of which corporate communications attract legal advice privilege. Specifically, it assesses the implications of adopting, on the one hand, a narrow ‘control group’ test and, on the other, a broad ‘dominant purpose’ test for determining the scope of privileged communications. The Court of Appeal's decision in Three Rivers DC v Governor and Company of the Bank of England (No. 5) is compared with approaches adopte…
Legal Advice Privilege and the Corporate Client
This article considers the question of which corporate communications attract legal advice privilege. Specifically, it assesses the implications of adopting, on the one hand, a narrow ‘control group’ test and, on the other, a broad ‘dominant purpose’ test for determining the scope of privileged communications. The Court of Appeal's decision in Three Rivers DC v Governor and Company of the Bank of England (No. 5) is compared with approaches adopte…
An Unsatisfactory Stalemate: R (on the Application of Prudential plc) v Special Commissioner of Income Tax
Accountability and the Regulation of the Large Law Firm Lawyer
The regulation of solicitors in E ngland and W ales has undergone great change in the wake of the Legal Services Act 2007. This article considers these regulatory developments through the lens of accountability, focussing on the regulation of transactional lawyers and the large commercial firms. It examines to what extent the Solicitors Regulation Authority's regulatory framework promotes accountability, examining entity regulation, outcomes‐focu…
Regulating Law Firms from the Inside: The Role of Compliance Officers for Legal Practice in England and Wales
Following the Legal Services Act 2007, which permitted the delivery of legal services through Alternative Business Structures (ABS), the Solicitors Regulation Authority required all regulated legal service firms to appoint Compliance Officers for Legal Practice (COLPs). COLPs are charged with taking reasonable steps to ensure that firms comply with their obligations, which entails interpreting what outcomes‐focused regulation (OFR) requires of th…
Individual accountability for corporate harms: Disqualification and the role of public enforcement
A number of jurisdictions including the UK and Australia use director disqualification as a public enforcement mechanism when responding to corporate harms that give rise to public anger and calls for executive accountability. Focussing on the UK, and referencing the on-going Post Office scandal as an example, this paper demonstrates that disqualification alone is an inadequate means of achieving accountability. This is not just because in the UK…
Business (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Law and economics (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Accountability (2 works) · Accounting (2 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works)