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Deepfakes to Deletion Orders: Tackling technology enabled sexual offending in the Crime and Policing Act 2026
Sophie Tang
5 February 2018
Has Brexit undermined the UK’s ability to extradite its fugitives?
Whilst the uncertainty over Brexit and the painfully slow progress of political talks continues, the Supreme Court of Ireland has taken matters into its own hands and decided that the Irish state cannot surrender an individual who is the subject of an European Arrest Warrant (EAW) to the UK because of the risk that his rights as an EU citizen will not be enforceable in the UK post-Brexit. This has raised concerns that other countries could follow suit and leave the UK unable to rely on the EAW system whilst the terms of Brexit are being agreed.
5 February 2018
Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies – regulation on the horizon to combat cyber-crime?
The Treasury has indicated that it is planning on regulating bitcoin, in an attempt to bring some order to the Wild West that is cryptocurrencies. What would regulation of Bitcoin achieve?
5 February 2018
Fire Safety: Is a company director also a ‘responsible person’?
Fire Safety is just one of the many issues with which management must concern themselves. However, unlike a lot of other safety concerns, fire has the potential for large scale and devastating consequences.
2 February 2018
Tackling Corruption: Unexplained Wealth Orders now in force
In the Government Anti-Corruption Strategy 2017-22 Unexplained Wealth Orders were cited as one of the key tools to ensure a more robust response to tackling economic crime. “Goal 2” of the strategy is to achieve stronger law enforcement, prosecutorial and criminal justice action.
2 February 2018
John Worboys – questions raised around life sentences, Parole Board decisions and publicity
In 2009 John Worboys was convicted of 19 criminal offences against 12 victims, including rape and sexual assault. At the start of 2018, after a private Parole Board hearing in November 2017, it was announced that Warboys would shortly be released on parole. This case poses a number of questions, which we cover in this blog.
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