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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
5 January 2016
Financial crime: compliance challenges for 2016 and beyond
Notwithstanding George Osborne’s indication that he wants to work with financial institutions, we anticipate that compliance and anti-money laundering concerns will grow ever more important for the financial services industry in 2016. In the last year we have seen the FCA publicly committing to pursuing more cases against individuals and the announcement of the Senior Managers Regime which will come into force in March 2016 with the aim of making it easier to hold senior management to account (see our earlier blog). Financial crime and compliance looks set to remain firmly on the agenda.
23 December 2015
Criminal court procedure - 2015 in review
Corporate Crime analysis: Stephen Parkinson, partner and head of the criminal and regulatory litigation group at Kingsley Napley LLP looks at the most significant developments in 2015 in the area of criminal court procedure.
22 December 2015
Cyber-crime: 2015 – a year in review
2015 has once again been a year in which cyber-crime has hit the headlines. A government report estimates that cyber-crime cost the UK economy £27bn in 2015. A recent survey also reports that UK firms on average lost £4.12m this year from cyber-attacks – up from £3.86m in 2014. Despite the best endeavours of law enforcement bodies, cyber-crime is only likely to get worse. 2016 is expected to see the birth of ‘zettabyte’, equal to almost 1.1 trillion gigabytes. The continuing expansion of e-commerce and cyber-related activities will present more opportunities for criminals. Some of the highlights of the past year have been as follows:
21 December 2015
Ramping up cross-border crime fighting – decision time
The UK has until the end of this month to decide whether or not it will opt into the Prüm Decision, which will enable EU Member States to share DNA profiles, fingerprints and vehicle registration data held by the police. Irene McMillan examines the arguments for and against and what it means for law enforcement authorities already pushed to their limits.
17 December 2015
Extradition and Russian prison conditions – genuine improvement or Potemkin Village?
Russia’s prisons have come under widespread international criticism in recent years. In 2012 the European Court of Human Rights found Russian prison conditions so appalling that incarceration in many of their jails was likely to breach Article 3 of the European Convention. Cells are medieval: often there is so little space that inmates must take turns to sleep. The toilet is a hole in the corner of the room and inmates are kept locked up for 23 hours a day.
- 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