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From garage to unicorn – Employment law lessons for scaling tech teams
Catherine Bourne
5 April 2018
Sanctions in the spotlight: Treasury Committee inquiry
With less than a year to go to the UK’s official departure from the European Union, Parliament’s workload - with the EU Withdrawal Bill – is immense. In addition, one of the key “Brexit bills” - the Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Bill - is wending its way through the legislative process (see our related blogs). As one of the major stand alone post-Brexit Bills it is receiving considerable scrutiny, most recently at the House of Commons committee stage (Fifth Sitting) in March. Meanwhile, in February the Government responded to the House of Lords EU Committee report “Brexit: Sanctions Policy”.
5 April 2018
International Criminal Law – A Month in Review – March 2018
On 8 March 2018, ICC judges upheld an order that $1 million should be paid as reparations to the victims of the attack on the village of Bogoro in 2003.
14 March 2018
Irish ruling on Polish extradition request has potentially far-reaching consequences for EAW scheme
An Irish judge’s ruling in an extradition case has called into question Poland’s continued participation in the EAW scheme, and perhaps even its role in the EU as a whole.
5 March 2018
Guest blog: Corporate criminal liability under international law
The Kingsley Napley International Conference 2018 held a panel debate on “Considering corporate liability for human rights abuses and international crimes, now and in the future.” Read this blog from Alessandra De Tommaso as part of our follow up series of blogs.
27 February 2018
Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill – Second Reading
The Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill (“the Bill”) received its second reading in the House of Commons on 20 February 2018. (See our related blog)
The Bill has been introduced to address the fact that, following Brexit, the UK could face being in breach of its international obligations if it does not have in place powers to impose sanctions. At present, many of the UK’s powers to impose sanctions are derived via the European Communities Act 1972 (ECA), which will be repealed in March 2019.