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Private prosecutions – A route to justice for the charity sector
Sophie Tang
20 July 2017
Reports call for higher standards of disclosure in criminal proceedings
On 18 July 2017 Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC), the body that independently assesses and reports on the efficiency and effectiveness of the police published a report: ‘Making it fair – a joint inspection of the disclosure of unused material in volume Crown Court cases’. The report followed a three-month inspection into the police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) compliance with the disclosure of unused material provisions.
17 July 2017
Joining forces in the fight against Grand Corruption
On the 5 July 2017 Transparency International published its UK Anti-Corruption Pledge Tracker. Citing the lack of any formal accountability mechanism to accompanying last year’s Anti-Corruption Summit, Transparency International have put together a “pledge tracker” to do it themselves.
14 July 2017
The Impact of Fake News: Economy – part 2
The Times/Kingsley Napley Student Advocacy Competition 2017 launched on 18 May 2017. The title this year is:
'Do we need new laws to combat fake news?'
In part one of this blog we established that fake news can have serious direct and indirect economic effects, genuinely impacting the value of shares with the potential to destabilise public markets. In part two of this blog, we look at more specific examples of how fabricated information has affected companies and the wider economy, and we seek to address the following questions:
- Can fake news affect corporate reputation?
- Can fake news impact a company’s value?
14 July 2017
The Impact of Fake News: Economy – part 1
The Times/Kingsley Napley Student Advocacy Competition 2017 launched on 18 May 2017. The title this year is:
'Do we need new laws to combat fake news?'
12 July 2017
PEPs and anti-money laundering: The FCA issues guidance
The EU’s Fourth Money Laundering Directive, implemented in the UK by the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 (MLR 2017), introduced a risk-based approach to tackling money laundering and terrorist financing (see our related blog). The FCA has now published guidance on one aspect of the new regime: dealing with the appropriate treatment of Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) for anti-money laundering purposes
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