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When is the right time to question a medical decision?
Kirsty Allen
3 August 2021
The CMA’s Annual Report and digital markets - a time of change
This last year has undoubtedly been a busy and challenging one for the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). It has seen additional activity arising from its response to the Covid pandemic, the further responsibilities it has taken on post-Brexit (see our related blog: #Brexit, the CMA and competition enforcement), and its work concerning the design and implementation of a pro-competition regime in digital markets. This article looks at its recently published Annual Report and Impact Assessment, calls for change, and the work it has been doing in relation to digital markets.
23 July 2021
Charities and internal investigations
Charities are not immune to financial crime, fraud or other wrong-doing; there are a number of ways in which charities may be exploited by criminals.
23 July 2021
Record fine of £90 million for Southern Water
On 9 July 2021 Southern Water Services Ltd (SWS) was fined £90 million, to be paid out of company operating profits, in what was the largest fine ever imposed on a water company.
22 July 2021
Environmental Law Quarterly Update - Q2 2021
This quarterly environmental law update provides a summary of a cross-section of news stories in the period April 2021 - June 2021.
15 July 2021
FCA signals streamlining of its own processes and toughening up of the regulatory gateway
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), in its annual business plan published today, sets out its areas of focus for the year ahead. It is, as ever, essential reading for all those in the regulated sector.
- Controlling and coercive behaviour
- Corporate crime
- Corporate manslaughter and health and safety
- Crime and justice
- Cyber crime
- Extradition and international crime
- Financial crime and financial regulatory enforcement
- Fraud
- Internal investigations
- Police investigations
- Legal Updates
- Youth crime and justice
- Unexplained Wealth Orders
- Proceeds of Crime