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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
15 March 2016
The NCA’s Director General sets out its mission
Lynne Owens, the Director General of the National Crime Agency (‘NCA’) addressed the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (‘RUSI’) on 10 March 2016. Ms Owens, who was appointed to the post of Director General in January 2016, used her speech to highlight the recent work of the NCA and to outline her vision for the future.
14 March 2016
National Crime Agency reports on UK response to money laundering
The National Crime Agency (‘NCA’) has now published its annual review of Suspicious Activity Reports (‘SARs’).
Under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (‘POCA’), a person is required to submit a SAR where they have knowledge or suspicion that someone is engaged in money laundering. When submitting the SAR, the reporter will sometimes request the consent of the NCA to undertake an activity which the reporter suspects may constitute money laundering.
9 March 2016
Evidence Across Borders: The increasing use of mutual legal assistance in transnational investigations
The Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) is becoming an increasingly important resource for foreign jurisdictions when fighting large-scale international crime, recent disclosure reveals.
7 March 2016
Global Criminality and Mutual Legal Assistance
On 15 January 2016 the UK, Northern Ireland and China Mutual Legal Assistance (“MLA”) Treaty into criminal matters came into force, shortly after the UK, Northern Ireland and Kazakhstan MLA Treaty into criminal matters was presented to parliament. In light of the increasing move to embrace more countries into our MLA directory, we look at what mutual legal assistance is, how it works and its power to compel witness evidence.
3 March 2016
"Relentless in pursuit of tax evasion and avoidance”: HMRC sets out plan to 2020
In its departmental plan for 2015-2020 published last month, HMRC set out it’s role “to help the honest majority to get their tax right and make it hard for the dishonest minority to cheat the system”. One of the headline objectives for this period is: “maximise revenues due and bear down on avoidance and evasion” as such behaviour damages the ability of the tax system to raise revenue fairly and impose additional costs on all honest taxpayers.
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