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2 September 2016

Controlling and Coercive Behaviour Figures: No Surprise

As social media is alive with commenting on the The Archers Helen Tichener trial (see our related blog series From the Archers to Archbold), the authorities’ way of dealing with domestic abuse is in the media spotlight. 

Indeed, tackling domestic abuse was a priority for the Prime Minister Theresa May during her time as Home Secretary and in December 2015 the offence of controlling or coercive behaviour was introduced. 
 

2 September 2016

How will the Financial Conduct Authority adapt to the post-Brexit landscape?

How will the Financial Conduct Authority adapt to the post-Brexit landscape?   The City watchdog faces a number of challenges.  Here are some of those likely to be topping the in-tray of new boss Andrew Bailey.

Jill Lorimer

1 September 2016

European Arrest Warrant: EU Court examines deduction of detention periods

The Polish court made a reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) asking a question as to whether time spent on curfew combined with electronic monitoring in one Member State could amount to a period of detention to be deducted from the overall detention period to be served in another. 

Rebecca Niblock

1 September 2016

Drones: an update from 2016

When we last blogged about drones in 2015, we set out the law and guidance from the Civil Aviation Authority. Now as we move towards the ninth month of 2016, we look back, and forward, at further developments in this ever-increasing marketplace. 

Sophie Wood

24 August 2016

From the Archers to Archbold week ending 21/08/2016: Part 2: Special measures

So, even if there was a possibility of Shula’s evidence of Rob using violence was admissible, the difficulty is that Shula has demonstrably been untruthful before.  This is because she lied to the police to protect Rob.  This resulted in the police taking no action against Rob regarding the incident. Her own admission will make her evidence very easy to undermine.  

Sandra Paul

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