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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
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.
2 October 2015
CPS and police struggle under the load of sex abuse investigations
Last week the Metropolitan Police announced that it is creating a team of 90 staff to deal with the increased workload resulting from the ongoing investigations into historic child abuse. The team will deal with 29 new allegations of police cover ups of high-profile figures accused of sexual abuse as well as further work emanating from Justice Lowell Goddard’s child abuse public inquiry.
This article was first published in The Times in September 2015.
1 October 2015
Corporate liability extension rejected: “failure to prevent” offence confined to the Bribery Act
The government has announced that it will not proceed with the proposed extension of the corporate criminal offence of failure to prevent bribery under s7 of the Bribery Act (“the s7 offence”) to encompass a wider range of economic crime. It has also shelved its review of whether current rules on corporate criminal liability should be widened to make it easier to convict companies who commit wrongdoing.
1 October 2015
Stoptober and new offences: the month of nicotine
Stoptober is upon us. Part of the NHS’ Smokefree national campaign, it encourages people to give up smoking for the month of October. Individuals are given celebrity-endorsed messages of support and told that smokers are 5 times more likely to quit for good if they stop for just 28 days.
28 September 2015
The Modern Slavery Act 2015: What is it and how will it impact businesses?
The Modern Slavery Act 2015 (“MSA 2015”) is the first legislative framework to specifically address slavery and trafficking in the 21st Century. Commercial organisations need to understand how it affects them and what obligations it imposes.
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