One thing often overlooked by sole-traders and some small-to-medium business enterprises, is the need to conduct adequate risk assessments. This approach is not only slipshod business practice, but is also inherently risky in itself; after all, your source of income, your family’s well-being, your reputation, public safety, your employees and other people who depend on the smooth uninte...

Presenting investigative methods to different cultural groups in various countries always presents challenges, not just in terms of language, cultural norms and local laws, but also from the way that their working procedures limit them, or allow them, to do things in ways different to what we have been doing throughout our careers. Now, this is not necessarily a bad thing if you don’t ju...

In the wake of Malaysia’s 14th General Elections in May this year, an important piece of legislation has come into law. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2009 has now been amended to introduce, for the first-time, corporate liability for bribery and corruption activity. This piece of important legislation was quietly moved through the legislator just days before the May 20...

In late September we were pleased to have had the opportunity to present to partners and staff of DLA Piper UK LLP from the Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong offices, over a two day period in September 2018 by tele-conferencing link, our tailored training course in non-confrontational interview techniques. The training had two main aims; first to introduce the principles of legality, et...