Watch | The new FPR provisions on NCDR. Fresh carrot, Bigger stick (but no mandation)
Watch the recording of HH Stephen Wildblood KC, 3PB; Nicholas Allen KC, 29 Bedford Row; Martin Kingerley KC, 36 group; Rhys Taylor, 36 Group; Graeme Fraser, BBS Law & Karen Barham, Moore Barlow: 'The new FPR provisions on NCDR. Fresh carrot, Bigger stick (but no mandation)'.
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