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14 Maternity Trusts to be Scrutinised as Part of National Investigation
Kirsty Allen
28 September 2017
Corporate Crime Q&A: The new corporate offence of failure to prevent tax evasion
On September 30th 2017, a new corporate offence of failing to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion in the UK and overseas comes into force. Companies or partnerships who fail to have reasonable prevention procedures in place could find themselves subject to criminal prosecution.
26 September 2017
Business blogger and law student scoop prizes in 'fake news' debate
A business law blogger and a law student working with Alzheimer's disease sufferers were the joint winners of this year's Times Law Student Advocacy Competition.
25 September 2017
FCA Enforcement: The calm before the storm?
This year we have heard a lot of talk from the FCA’s Enforcement and Market Oversight Division about their new approach to the enforcement of market conduct.
21 September 2017
Divorce and coercive & controlling behaviour - Harassment’s big brother?
This summer, The Telegraph reported the disciplinary action taken against PC Wayne Hodge and found that “he was behaving in a controlling and coercive manner”. Apparently, he banned girlfriends from talking to men, wearing red nail polish or accepting Tesco deliveries if he was not at home.
21 September 2017
The New Money Laundering Regulations: A Game of Risk
The Fourth EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive (“4MLD”) was implemented in the UK on Monday 26 June 2017 when the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer Regulations) 2017 (“2017 Regulations”) came into force.
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