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Private prosecutions – A route to justice for the charity sector
Sophie Tang
23 October 2023
Dare to care: Youth justice at crisis point?
The Youth Justice Legal Centre (YJLC) recently published a new guide setting out what to bear in mind when representing a young person who is care experienced.
18 October 2023
INTERPOL: Looking to the next century
As INTERPOL celebrates a milestone anniversary in 2023, we consider some of the underlying issues with the Red Notice system and what this means for the next 100 years.
17 October 2023
What are political parties saying about fraud and corruption?
The proliferation of fraud in the UK over the past decade has been widely publicised and discussed. We have already written regularly on the topic, including in March, when we explored the link between economic decline and increasing fraud offences; and in May 2023 when we discussed new statistics revealing the everyday reality for businesses operating in the “fraud capital of the world”.
13 October 2023
Government announces independent review of disclosure and fraud offences
The government has announced the establishment of an Independent Review of Disclosure and Fraud Offences (the Review), to be chaired by barrister Jonathan Fisher KC. This is another step towards fulfilling the plans set out earlier in 2023, when the Fraud Strategy was published.
12 October 2023
Health and Safety / Corporate Manslaughter Quarterly Update – Q3 2023
This quarterly update provides a summary of a selection of news stories relating to health and safety investigations and prosecutions, as well as key corporate manslaughter cases, from the period July – September 2023.
- 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