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14 Maternity Trusts to be Scrutinised as Part of National Investigation
Kirsty Allen
2 November 2017
Covert recordings and coercive behaviour - an area ripe for reform?
Last week, it was reported in broadsheet newspapers that Sir James Munby, the most senior family court judge in England and Wales, suggested that “widespread distrust […] of the competence or even the integrity of the family justice system and of the professionals involved in it” is one of the reasons for a rise in the use covert recordings among those involved in family court proceedings.
1 November 2017
Flexible Operating Hours: The defendant’s perspective
In March this year the Ministry of Justice announced the Flexible Operating Hours (FOH) pilot. Following a delay to the implementation of the FOH pilot the MoJ has published a “prospectus” – in effect, a consultation – which gives some indication of the issues under consideration since the pilot was announced earlier this year (available here).
26 October 2017
HMRC takes on off-shore tax evasion
HMRC has introduced new criminal offences targeting individuals who have income or gains outside of the UK and evade their UK income tax or capital gains tax responsibilities.
26 October 2017
Transaction Reporting fine highlights the importance FCA places on correct data
The Financial Conduct Authority announced on 23 October 2017 that it had fined Merrill Lynch International £34,524,000 for failing to report 68.5 million exchange traded derivative transactions between 12 February 2014 and 6 February 2016.
24 October 2017
Financial Conduct Authority: The level of suspicious transaction reports soars, and is set to keep on rising with new EU rules
The Market Abuse Regulations (“MAR”), implemented in the UK in July 2016, created a requirement for all firms and individuals professionally arranging or executing transactions in certain financial instruments, to report suspicious transactions and orders (STORs) to the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”). Previously, the requirement had been to report suspicious transactions, but the rules had not extended to orders. These reports are vital to the FCA as they indicate possible market abuse, such as insider dealing or market manipulation.
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