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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
27 October 2015
R v Jogee: Joint Enterprise doctrine considered by the Supreme Court and Privy Council
We should all be very interested in the outcome of R v Jogee currently being heard in the Supreme Court on 27/10/15. The intervention by Just for Kids Law and Joint Enterprise: Not Guilty by Association (JENGbA) reflects the importance of the case for criminal lawyers working with young people.
22 October 2015
Sir Keir Starmer’s Victims of Crime Bill introduced to Parliament
Sir Keir Starmer, QC, MP, introduced his Victims of Crime Etc. (Rights, Entitlements and Related Matters) Bill into the Commons on Tuesday 20 October 2015. The Bill, which has yet to be published, would make provision for various matters.
21 October 2015
Sexual offences on the increase whilst police budgets shrink
Last week the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released its annual crime figures for England and Wales, revealing that the number of sexual offences recorded by the police had continued on its upward trend and increased by 41% over the past year. This is equivalent to an additional 27,602 offences.
16 October 2015
Holding individuals to account in financial services - unexpected shift in burden of proof
The mission to improve accountability for individuals working in financial services is still in full swing as the Treasury introduced the Bank of England Financial Services Bill on 15th October. One of the key provisions is the extension of the Senior Managers and Certification regimes (SM&CR), introduced under the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 (due to come into force in March 2016 for the majority of the banking sector), to cover all investment companies, insurers, asset managers and consumer credit firms by 2018. The Treasury argues that extending the SM&CR across the whole financial services industry will create a fairer, more consistent and rigorous regime for all financial services firms – taking the number of Senior Managers in firms under scrutiny to 60 000 plus.
Julie Matheson and Louise Hodges look at what the changes may mean and highlight a number of questions that remain unanswered.
16 October 2015
Back to the future? The law and the use of hoverboards
To the dismay of gadget lovers everywhere, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), in conjunction with the Department for Transport (DFT), has recently amended its road traffic offences guidance to reiterate that it is illegal to ride “self-balancing scooters” on the public highway or public footpaths. According to the guidance, such devices can only be ridden legally on private property (with, of course, the permission of the landowner). This updated guidance only applies to England and Wales.
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