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14 Maternity Trusts to be Scrutinised as Part of National Investigation
Kirsty Allen
14 March 2017
Is a conditional caution the way forward for dealing with and rehabilitating those accused of viewing indecent images of children?
In a recent interview with the Times, Simon Bailey, the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead on child protection, highlighted the increasing numbers of cases of alleged child sexual abuse being reported to the police, including cases of indecent images of children (“IIOC”) being viewed online. In a frank admission he stressed that the police are finding themselves overwhelmed by this work and have reached “saturation point”.
9 March 2017
Budget 2017 – 35 “New” ways to tackle tax avoidance and evasion
Philip Hammond MP, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has delivered the last (for the time being) Spring Budget.
8 March 2017
International Criminal Law – A month in review – February 2017
International Crime News Review for February 2017
6 March 2017
FCA’s use of private warnings under scrutiny
The FCA has privately warned 39 senior executives of financial firms over the last five years. According to figures obtained from the Financial Times, 14 of these executives still hold authorised roles in the financial services industry.
3 March 2017
New amendments to FCA/PRA decision-making practice and procedure from 1 March 2017: partly contested cases and abolition of stage 2 and 3 settlement penalty discounts
We have commented previously on the Financial Conduct Authority’s (“FCA”) and Prudential Regulation Authority’s (“PRA”) joint policy statement on enforcement decision-making (see here). By way of a reminder, the FCA and the PRA published in February 2017 a joint policy statement on the proposed implementation of HM Treasury's (“HMT”) review of enforcement decision-making at the FCA and the PRA and Andrew Green QC's report into the FSA's enforcement actions following the failure of HBOS plc. The policy statement outlines the amendments to the FCA’s Glossary, the Decision Procedure and Penalties manual (“DEPP”) and the Enforcement Guide (“EG”).
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