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Private prosecutions – A route to justice for the charity sector
Sophie Tang
12 March 2018
Share scheme fraudster pleads guilty to perverting course of justice in proceeds of crime case brought by Financial Conduct Authority
Alex Hope, who used over £2m of investors’ money to fund his lifestyle, has pleaded guilty to a charge of perverting the course of justice.
6 March 2018
International Criminal Law – A month in review – February 2018
It has been reported this month that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has received 1.17 million submissions from victims in relation to the potential ICC war crimes investigation into Afghanistan.
6 March 2018
Time to apply the brakes: do we need a new offence of dangerous cycling?
Following the highly publicised prosecution, conviction and imprisonment of Charlie Alliston in Sept 2015 for wanton and furious cycling (he was found not guilty of manslaughter) the government announced that it would consider a change to the law and extend the offences of careless driving and dangerous driving to cyclists. This week it was (predictably) reported that such a change is likely to be forthcoming. Is this a sensible, proportionate and timely development? Or is unnecessary, ill-conceived legislation and driven more by media pressure than by public need?
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.
2 March 2018
IWD: Women in Criminal Law – we’ve made a start but we’ve a long way to go
Last night saw the launch event of Women in Criminal Law (WiCL), hosted in the beautiful Law Society Hall, featuring inspirational speeches from eminent women lawyers
- 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
- Legal Updates
- Online Safety Regulation
- Police investigations
- Proceeds of Crime
- The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act
- Unexplained Wealth Orders
- Youth crime and justice