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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
14 August 2015
Public Nudity – staying within the law
“How naked is too naked?” is a question that frequently arises as temperatures soar. Naked yoga was seen to be the latest trend at Glastonbury festival this year and research conducted by the British Naturism organisation suggests that more Britons are going naked than ever before. But what are the legal boundaries when it comes to public nudity?
27 July 2015
Allegations of ‘revenge porn’ on the rise
Reported incidents of ‘revenge porn’ are increasing according to new figures published by the news agency, Press Association.
24 July 2015
Rape and consent – can a phone app help?
The issue of consent remains an evidentially difficult concept in allegations of rape and sexual assault. On 23 July, the Evening Standard reported on the No Consent app “What-About-No”. The app allows parties to record their consent to engage in sexual acts. A further facility within the app allows parties to state, reinforce or record the fact that they do not or no longer consent. The recordings are uploaded to the cloud and can be retrieved if required. We accept it is not very romantic but could it help?
14 July 2015
Revenge porn: No guarantee of anonymity for complainants
Sections 33-35 of the Criminal Courts and Justice Act 2015 created the offence of “disclosing private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress” in order to provide a mechanism to criminalise the relatively recent phenomenon of “revenge porn.” This offence came into force on 13 April 2015.
26 May 2015
New criminal offence for illegal workers – will it have any impact?
David Cameron has announced his plans to introduce a major Immigration Bill which will provide for a new criminal offence of illegal working as part of a raft of anti-immigration measures. The primary purpose of the new offence is to prosecute illegal workers so that their wages may be seized as the proceeds of crime under the confiscation regime. The offence will apply to migrants who have entered the country illegally as well as those who came to the country legally, but have overstayed.