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Private prosecutions – A route to justice for the charity sector
Sophie Tang
13 October 2015
Resentencing the Krays
If the Krays were sentenced today, would their sentence still be remarkable? asks Shamsun Nahar
8 October 2015
High-profile cases: speak or be forever damned
In the court of public opinion it’s easy to be ‘convicted’ by social media, which is why some are taking a proactive approach. The recent high-profile cases of Cliff Richard and the rumoured Westminster paedophile ring share more than their common subject matter of historic sexual abuse. They provide examples of tactical decisions to confront intense media scrutiny with detailed public denials and, in effect, a demand that their investigators “put up or shut up”.
8 October 2015
HMRC proposals for tackling off-shore tax evasion seriously flawed
With the deadline for responses to HMRC’s consultation on new proposed powers to “crack down” on offshore tax evasion due today, David Sleight and Edmund Smyth set out their concerns relating to the hard hitting proposals, which include a strict liability offence for individuals who are suspected of offshore tax evasion.
6 October 2015
A compassionate magistrate and a lamentable government
This is a modern parable, with an unfortunate ending.
Nigel Allcoat, a magistrate from Leicester, had to decide what to do with a debtor, a young man who had been unable to pay a criminal court charge of £180. The man was destitute, surviving on the £36 a week provided to him by the state. There was no prospect of the charge being paid, yet Allcoat was not permitted by law to remit it.
6 October 2015
Lessons learned from the first resolution under s7 of the Bribery Act
More than four years since the offence of failure to prevent bribery was introduced through s7 of the Bribery Act 2010, the UK’s first s7 resolution has taken place in Scotland. Following a self-report in June 2015, the Crown Office has agreed a civil recovery order with Brand-Rex Ltd, a company that develops cabling solutions for network infrastructure and industrial applications. The self-report related to an independent installer who had passed on to a customer the benefit of an incentive scheme which was aimed at Brand-Rex’s installers and distributors.
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