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2 June 2017

Can People Distinguish Covfefe From Reality?

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?”

31 May 2017

Tough action against solicitor who laundered proceeds of bogus investment scheme

The Central Criminal Court made confiscation orders last week against the two final defendants who were convicted of offences following one of the FCA’s largest investigations into unauthorised investment activity. 

31 May 2017

Three companies convicted of corporate manslaughter in a week

There have been fewer than 25 successful convictions for corporate manslaughter since the Corporate Homicide Act 2007 was introduced, but the past week has seen two convictions.

26 May 2017

Global Laundromat and the proceeds of crime - what makes property “criminal” in extradition cases?

There has been a recent run of articles concerning ‘The Global Laundromat’ (see for example here and here).  This name was given to a scheme by the US Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project to describe the laundering of billions of dollars into Europe, the US and Asia from Russia and Moldova.  It is alleged that from 2010 to 2014, the wealthy elite in Russia, Moldova and the Ukraine, was moving cash derived from illegal activity from their home states abroad into offshore companies, false companies and luxury goods.

26 May 2017

The Trial: A Murder in the Family – The Verdict

Channel Four’s “The Trial – A Murder in the Family” has been variously described as a docu-drama, a cluedo style who-dunnit, an intriguing experiment blending fact and fiction, and an unflinching exploration of the inner workings of our legal system. 

Matthew Hardcastle

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