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The End of Leasehold Flats? A Breakdown of the Draft Commonhold and Leasehold Bill
Úna Campbell
26 May 2017
The Trial: A Murder in the Family – The Jury
As The Trial approaches its denouement we spent the penultimate episode focused on the closing speeches and the beginning of the jury’s deliberation.
26 May 2017
‘Fake News’ and the Propaganda Campaign
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?”.
24 May 2017
Cyber-security, ransomware and the GDPR
One in five NHS Trusts were hit by a cyber-attack known as “Wannacry” on 12 May 2017 leading to PCs and data being locked up and held for ransom. The malicious ransomware known as WanaCrypt0r has hit companies and other organisations, from Russia to Australia, and Europol estimated there had been 200,000 victims in at least 150 countries. It was alleged that NHS networks were left vulnerable because they were using outdated Windows XP software, which is no longer supported by Microsoft, and therefore security upgrades had not been installed. The National Cyber Security Centre warned that more cases of the ransomware were expected to come to light beyond the NHS and “possibly at a significant scale”.
24 May 2017
The Trial: A Murder in the Family – The Evidence
One of the most frustrating features of The Trial has been the deployment of the ‘evidence’ to the audience. This is not a criticism of the way the case has been presented to the jury – the prosecution or defence teams have ably demonstrated the quality of the criminal bar – but of the decision to intercut the ‘evidence’ with material which wouldn’t be before a jury. This has made following the trial, as the jury have, impossible.
23 May 2017
The Trial: A Murder in the Family – Where are the Solicitors?
As The Trial progresses a notable absence continues, where are the solicitors?
- 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