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The End of Leasehold Flats? A Breakdown of the Draft Commonhold and Leasehold Bill
Úna Campbell
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.
1 February 2018
Legal Update: Revisiting trial in the absence of a defendant
Smith v Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals [2017] (Unreported)
26 January 2018
Health and Safety: Prosecutions of directors on the rise.
Many professionals harbour a dream of one day being promoted to director level within their organisation, but not all of them appreciate what responsibilities they are taking on when stepping into that role. Whilst every business is different, they all face similar litigation and regulatory challenges. Challenges that we predict are likely to become more rather than less onerous in the years to come.
- 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