Blog
Permission to Visit - Goldilocks and the Three Bank Statements
Robert Houchill
19 February 2018
Guest blog: Should companies have a duty to prevent human rights abuses?
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 our follow up blog from panelist Alison Macdonald QC.
15 February 2018
The Justice Committee’s report on the Sentencing Council’s draft guidelines on manslaughter
At the end of 2017, the Justice Committee published its report on the Sentencing Council’s draft guidelines on manslaughter.
14 February 2018
What you need to know about Unexplained Wealth Orders
Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs), first ratified in the Criminal Finances Act of April last year, are now in force meaning UK law enforcement agencies have a new tool at their disposal to help fight organised crime. Media reports have cited 'fishy millionaires', the wealth of corrupt overseas politicians and the properties of oligarchs as the intended targets. In practice however UWOs can be applied to any asset over £50,000 where there are reasonable grounds for suspecting dirty money is involved. Accountants, tax advisers and private wealth managers therefore need to understand how UWOs work and why their clients, innocent or otherwise, might be at risk.
13 February 2018
FAQs: Compensation for victims of crime
For many of those affected by crime, reporting the offence to the police or even securing the conviction of the perpetrator can fall short of remedying the damage sustained. It may be that the injury and trauma are so severe that additional funding is required for medical care, household adjustments, or even future therapy.
13 February 2018
Guest blog: How to get the attention of the board on human rights
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 the first in our series of follow up blogs from panellist Richard Karmel.
- 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