Michael Murphy

Dec 8, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Michael Murphy

Thousands of people have marched through central London in a demonstration against anti-Semitism Credit: Jonathan Brady/PA The Government has “dragged its feet” on tackling anti-Semitism, the chief of a campaign group has said, as thousands marched in London. The Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) said 32,000 people attended a march from the Royal Courts of Justice to Parliament Square on Sunday afternoon. The protest was a stand against “unprecedented levels of anti-Semitism and growing...

Dec 7, 2024 | spiked-online.com | Michael Murphy

Share Topics World Want to read spiked ad-free? Become a spiked supporter. As a boy in Wilhelmine Germany during the First World War, future historian Sebastian Haffner devoured daily army bulletins. At just seven years old, he was already a ‘fanatical jingoist and armchair warrior’, meticulously tallying troop strengths. He was confident that the Kaiser’s army would soon triumph. The bulletins, however, were rose-tinted, designed to bolster morale rather than inform.

Nov 28, 2024 | jewishnews.co.uk | Michael Murphy |Richard Ferrer

“This one could easily cut you in half,” my guide said, brandishing a jagged piece of rocket shrapnel on his front lawn. He lifted another shard of rusted metal. “This bit can go through a wall—it’s flying at 1,000 kilometres an hour.” Finally, he pointed to the mangled engine of a Hezbollah rocket, its serrated edges like a shark’s mouth.

Nov 19, 2024 | mondaq.com | Byrne Wallace |Paul Heffernan |Stephen FitzSimons |Stephen Fitzsimons |Michael Murphy

The Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024 has been signed into law and parts are expected to be commenced by year end1. The Act is designed to enhance and strengthen governance, enforcement and regulatory provisions in the Companies Act 2014 (the "2014 Act"). Amendments made by the Act relate largely to four distinct areas of company law: corporate governance, company law enforcement and supervision, administration, and insolvency.

Nov 11, 2024 | mondaq.com | Byrne Wallace |Michael Murphy |Simon Walsh

In Harrington v Purdue Pharma,1 the United States Supreme Court held that so-called "non-consensual third-party releases" were not permitted in restructuring plans proposed under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code.