Justice – or not – is a long time coming for financial crimes

Justice – or not – is a long time coming for financial crimes
Financial misconduct cases can take many years. (Image: iStock)
Jenny Ruth
It was a real blast from the past: in February, the Takeovers Panel announced it was taking civil proceedings in the high court against New Image – for breaches of the Takeovers Code nearly a decade earlier.Is this another case of justice delayed being justice denied?It’s certainly true that civil litigation of the type the panel took against New Image takes an interminable length of time before cases reach their often unsatisfactory conclusions.In New Image’s case, the panel can chalk up a victory because in June the high cou...

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