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14 Maternity Trusts to be Scrutinised as Part of National Investigation
Kirsty Allen
31 July 2017
Department of Transport focuses in on drones – time to register and know the rules
The government announced last week that operators of drones weighing 250g or more will be required to both register their drones and complete mandatory competency testing (covering safety, security and privacy). In justifying this change the government says it will “improve accountability and encourage owners to act responsibly”.
27 July 2017
OPBAS – FCA consults on the “supervisor of supervisors”
As part of the Government’s strategy to ramp up the fight against money laundering, a new Office of Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision (OPBAS) will be introduced in 2018. This follows the introduction of the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 (see our related blog) on 26 June 2017.
27 July 2017
Teenagers and the “sexting crisis”: sexting is serious
Sexting as a phenomenon, has shown no sign of disappearing since we first wrote about the criminal ramifications a few years ago. Recent freedom of information requests by BBC Newcastle revealed there have been more than 4,000 cases since 2013 where children have taken explicit pictures of themselves and sent them to others including a 10-year old boy who received a caution for sending a photograph of himself to an 11 year old. Greater Manchester Police recorded the highest number of incidents with 695 cases being considered including four children aged just seven years old. It is important to note in passing, that the age of criminal responsibility is 10.
27 July 2017
50 years on from the Sexual Offences Act 1967
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Sexual Offences Act 1967. Before it was introduced, homosexual activity between men was a crime. The Act decriminalised private homosexual acts between men over 21 in England and Wales.
24 July 2017
The European Investigation Order – belatedly in force
The European Investigation Order (EIO) scheme will come into force in the UK on 31 July 2017. It will be done by way of secondary legislation (SI No 730 of 2017 – The Criminal Justice (European Investigation Order) Regulations 2017). As reported in our previous blog there was a delay to Directive (2014/41/EU) being implemented. EU member states had undertaken to enact the provisions by 22 May 2017 only for the recent general election to intervene domestically.
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