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Deepfakes to Deletion Orders: Tackling technology enabled sexual offending in the Crime and Policing Act 2026
Sophie Tang
28 May 2026
Deepfakes to Deletion Orders: Tackling technology enabled sexual offending in the Crime and Policing Act 2026
On 29 April 2026, the Crime and Policing Bill received Royal Assent and will take effect as the Crime and Policing Act 2026 (the “CPA”) on 29 June 2026.
27 January 2025
Sir Brian Leveson’s review of the courts
Whatever its cause, a backlog of over 73,000 Crown court cases is not acceptable. Delays for complainants, defendants and witnesses all impede justice. In the third quarter of 2024, the Crown court received over 31,683 new cases and disposed of 29,502. The passage of time will not solve the problem. Change is inevitable.
8 May 2024
Disclosure under the microscope
Mr Jonathan Fisher KC’s ongoing Independent Review of Disclosure & Fraud Offences recently published its “Preliminary Findings & Direction of Travel” report for part one of the review, which relates to the criminal disclosure regime. The report can be found here.
10 April 2024
New sentencing guidelines are now in force
On 1 April 2024, a number of new and amended sentencing guidelines came into effect, following publication of the results of a consultation by the Sentencing Council which ran during Autumn 2023.
12 October 2023
Health and Safety / Corporate Manslaughter Quarterly Update – Q3 2023
This quarterly update provides a summary of a selection of news stories relating to health and safety investigations and prosecutions, as well as key corporate manslaughter cases, from the period July – September 2023.
