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Private prosecutions – A route to justice for the charity sector
Sophie Tang
18 August 2017
FCA proposes extension of senior managers regime
HR professionals need to prepare for the rollout of accountability and conduct rules to the broader financial sector in 2018.
In 2016, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) introduced the senior managers regime to enhance senior-level accountability in the financial sector. The regime initially applied to banks, building societies, credit unions and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) – designated investment firms. It was followed swiftly by the new certification regime for other employees at these firms, and the conduct regime. The FCA has now proposed to extend these rules across the financial sector to include insurers, consumer credit companies and all regulated firms.
17 August 2017
Sexual History: DPP’s clarification welcome
The press widely reported on Director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders comments in an interview to the Evening Standard (8 August) relating to prosecuting rape cases. Headlines of “Prosecutors told to dig into accused rapist’s past” and “Alleged rapist past put on trial” picked up on comments attributed to Saunders in the Standard such as: “we are looking at how to prosecute certain types of cases, the more difficult ones. They tend to involve drugs or drink and people who know each other”. She apparently developed this by saying, “Some of it will be if you have already been in a relationship, understanding the dynamics of coercive and controlling behaviour and presenting cases in a way that doesn’t just look at the individual incident”.
17 August 2017
Spotlight on UK’s Anti-Corruption Track Record
Last month, Transparency International (TI) published its UK Anti-Corruption Pledge Tracker. We are reminded that the 2016 Anti-Corruption Summit saw leaders come together and make pledges that, if properly implemented, have real potential to reduce corruption across the world. The World Bank estimates that businesses and individuals pay an estimated $1.5 trillion in bribes each year.
14 August 2017
International Criminal Law – A month in review – July 2017
A summary of the significant International Criminal Law developments in July, from around the world.
14 August 2017
Fake news: are current UK laws sufficient?
The final of The Times/Kingsley Napley Student Advocacy Competition 2017 takes place on 25 September 2017. The title this year is: 'Do we need new laws to combat fake news?'.
So far in this series we have explored the definition and origin of ‘fake news’, examined its revived fame and analysed the difficulties of distinguishing it from the truth. We have also looked at the motivations of publishers of fake news articles, the role digital technology has played, and how these stories can affect global politics, society and the economy.
- 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