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Private prosecutions – A route to justice for the charity sector
Sophie Tang
29 August 2025
Focusing on Prosecuting Corporates: joint SFO – CPS Guidance released
On 18 August 2025, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) published their Joint SFO-CPS Corporate Prosecution Guidance, intended for prosecutors who will make decisions about whether or not to prosecute a corporation.
12 August 2025
Preparing for changes to non-disclosure agreements from 1 October 2025
In June the Ministry of Justice announced new legislation under the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 which affects NDAs and confidentiality clauses.* Related guidance, published at the beginning of June, sets out the impact of this legislation on the enforceability of such agreements.
5 August 2025
Why the Leveson Review Is Significant For UK Court System
The Leveson review has been billed as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reform the court system, with 45 recommendations being presented to Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood.
1 August 2025
OfS Condition E6: a first step towards a unified approach to harassment and sexual misconduct, but does it go far enough?
In July 2024 the Office for Students (OfS) published guidance on a new condition of registration dealing specifically with harassment and sexual misconduct. That condition, ‘E6’, comes into force on 1 August 2025. As such, universities and colleges have had a year to ensure they comply.
29 July 2025
The Insolvency Service: Repackaging Old Strategies for New Successes with Major Partner
On 16 July 2025, the Insolvency Service released its new five-year strategy towards tackling economic crime facilitated by companies to be implemented between 2026-2031. Despite an enthusiastic introduction to its plans as ‘ambitious’ and ‘transformational’, the four strategic pillars laid out in the strategy brief – to target more cases involving corporate structures and serious criminality; exploit emerging technology; collaborate closely with public and private sector partners; and recruit, retain and invest in its workforce – echo the agency’s existing commitments, as well as the aims of recently released strategies by adjacent organisations like the FCA, NECC and CPS.
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