The return of Asil Nadir to face charges for the collapse of Polly Peck made me smile. Not for all interesting questions as to why now or can the SFO and UK Justice system pick up from where they left off? No the reason I smile is that when I first became a lawyer I went to an interview on the same day that he absconded and was all front page news. In answer to the question: was I up to date on corporate affairs and what was my opinion I flunked it as I hadn’t read the newspaper or even looked at a newstand. So the big lesson I learnt that day is when you go to a meeting get on top of your facts, prepare, know where you stand on the major issues and at the very least – check the days headlines….
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