Criminal Law Blog

21 September 2017

Divorce and coercive & controlling behaviour - Harassment’s big brother?

This summer, The Telegraph reported the disciplinary action taken against PC Wayne Hodge and found that “he was behaving in a controlling and coercive manner”. Apparently, he banned girlfriends from talking to men, wearing red nail polish or accepting Tesco deliveries if he was not at home.

21 September 2017

The New Money Laundering Regulations: A Game of Risk

The Fourth EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive (“4MLD”) was implemented in the UK on Monday 26 June 2017 when the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer Regulations) 2017 (“2017 Regulations”) came into force.

6 September 2017

Youth Justice: time to change the age of criminal responsibility?

On 8 September the House of Lords will debate whether the age of criminal responsibility should be raised.  This proposed reform is introduced in a Private Members Bill introduced by Lord Dholakia.   

18 August 2017

FCA proposes extension of senior managers regime

HR professionals need to prepare for the rollout of accountability and conduct rules to the broader financial sector in 2018. 

In 2016, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) introduced the senior managers regime to enhance senior-level accountability in the financial sector. The regime initially applied to banks, building societies, credit unions and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) – designated investment firms. It was followed swiftly by the new certification regime for other employees at these firms, and the conduct regime. The FCA has now proposed to extend these rules across the financial sector to include insurers, consumer credit companies and all regulated firms.