Hong Kong’s HWB hires restructuring, insolvency team from Ashurst – Legal Business Online

Hong Kong boutique Howse Williams Bowers (HWB) has hired a team of restructuring and insolvency lawyers from Ashurst, led by partner Bertie Mehigan. Mehigans appointment continues a year of key partner hires for HWB, which has added Janet Lee from the Hong Kong governments Lands Department, Antony Yung from JP Morgan and Christopher Yu from…

Top Great Manchester Police inspector faces the sack over alleged gambling debt deception – Manchester Evening News

A police inspector is facing the sack after allegedly deceiving friends and colleagues into lending him thousands of pounds to pay off huge gambling debts. Jon Percival, a Tactical Aid Unit officer, is accused of concealing the true extent of his financial crisis – being more than £100,000 in debt – when he repeatedly asked…