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Chinese Walls

Chinese Walls: an ofttimes unappreciated IP topic

Every in addition to thence ofttimes the IPKat comes across a mass that is a piffling off the beaten rails of intellectual property. Once such mass is the minute edition of Charles Hollander's in addition to Simon Salzedo's Conflicts of Interest in addition to Chinese Walls, published past times Sweet & Maxwell. The authors, both of Brick Court Chambers, convey compiled a tome which is, past times its publisher's standards, relatively slight -- a mere 350 pages (273 pages addition appendices) -- exactly also highly focused.




Hollander (left) in addition to Salzedo
Since the landmark determination of the House of Lords on conflicts of involvement inwards Bolkiah v KPMG, closely followed past times the conflict considered inwards the Pinochet case, at that spot has been considerable problem organisation every bit to how a unmarried entity, live on it a constabulary firm, a fiscal consultancy or anything else, tin forestall the seepage of confidential data inside itself, where it may live on acting both for in addition to against the interests of the same party. This problem organisation has been evidenced past times a subsequent menses of of import judicial decisions inwards this expanse of law.

This mass analyses the electrical current nation of play inwards an expanse of constabulary which is however developing. Each professional person sector is examined inwards exceptional in addition to advice is offered on strategies for assessing in addition to managing conflict situations.
The authors offering answers to questions such as:
* What is a conflict in addition to when does it arise?
* How create Chinese Walls move in addition to when are they permissible?
* What are the remedies for a customer when his adviser acts for the other side?
* What is the acquit on of the Financial Services in addition to Markets Act 2000 ?
's verdict: this is a useful tool for whatsoever professional person practitioner who wants to remain clear of trouble. At £165 it's non cheap, exactly the toll of getting conflicted out when you're inwards the middle of acting inwards a complex affair is far higher.
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