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14 Maternity Trusts to be Scrutinised as Part of National Investigation
Kirsty Allen
20 June 2017
Private prosecutions – What should victims do when the traditional law enforcement agencies fail to act?
Seven former employees of Autofocus, a company which provided expert evidence on the cost of replacement hire cars for motorists involved in road traffic accidents, have been found guilty of perjury and jailed.
20 June 2017
FCA Investigations – the evolving approach
Jamie Symington, director of investigations at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) gave the keynote address at the recent Banking Litigation & Regulation Forum, in which he talked about the evolving approach to FCA investigations.
16 June 2017
Refugee Week: ‘Sur place claims for the politically active refugee’
In BA (demonstrators in Britain – risk on return) Iran CG [2011] UKUT a short clip of an Iranian national was uploaded onto YouTube, where he is caught protesting outside of the Iranian Embassy in London, chanting anti-regime slogans following the re-election of the President of Iran. The Iranian national relied on his political activity to prove a ‘well-founded fear of persecution’ if he was to return to Iran and as a result was granted asylum.
14 June 2017
FCA prepares for Fourth Money Laundering Directive
As the political debate centres on whether Brexit talks may be delayed post General Election, there is one European deadline that is not moving and that is the implementation date for the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (“4MLD”).
8 June 2017
Has the digital technology revolution blurred the line between fact and fiction?
With the UK General election voting underway and numerous claims that ‘fake news’ stories influenced the results in the US presidential elections and the Brexit referendum in the backdrop, one wonders why fake news has grown so rapidly in the last few years.
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