Becoming a Barrister (Part 2)

Some of the important aspects to become a barrister has already been discussed in the last blog, except for the fact that some vital questions were not answered in that part. For example, most people might ask what a qualifying law degree is. How to obtain one? Some of these questions are being addressed in this blog in as simple sentences as possible.

Becoming a Barrister!

Studying in a foreign country is perhaps the most common ambition for students of South East Asian countries like Bangladesh. When the student is a law student or has the ambition to become a lawyer then coming to UK and gaining a Barrister Certificate (popularly known as Bar-at-law) is a must for most of the capable students (perhaps for all of the students who are financially capable). It is, however, not easy for those students, except for handful of them to go through the whole process, in fact for most of them finding the right path to achieve that goal becomes so difficult that they feel like they have opened Pandora’s box. Some would just relinquish the dream of becoming a Barrister. This is because of the fact that most often student do not know firstly, what information is to be looked for, secondly, where to look for them, and thirdly, they simply become confused by the colourful and sometimes misleading information provided by the countless agents and study counselling services. The intention behind writing this post is to give an understanding to those students who want to follow the path of a Barrister but in doubt as to how to do it. It is to bear in mind that the post is written on the sociological context of Bangladesh.

Accountability of the Multinational and Transnational Corporations

A particular form of international business which involves transfer of capital, assets, management etc. over to a foreign institution is known as Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). There are certain ways of investing or FDI in a foreign country; which may include partnership, franchising, acquisition of an ongoing business, opening a branch or may be incorporating a subsidiary company. Among all these a subsidiary deserves some consideration from a legal point of view. It is largely because FDI through a subsidiary often creates a legal vacuum, in relation to the control, between the Home Country Company (Parent Company) and the Host Country Company (subsidiary). This blog addresses few of the issues regarding the lack of accountability of the Multinational Corporations, and some of the ways the courts have adopted over last few years to circumvent those legal lacuna.