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Private prosecutions – A route to justice for the charity sector
Sophie Tang
16 May 2023
Taking action against fraud
Criminal litigation partner Ed Smyth looks at the government’s proposals to overhaul and renew the UK’s fraud reporting and response system.
For many individuals, losing hard-earned savings through fraud can be a life-changing event. It would be unrealistic to believe that fraud can ever be wiped out, but it is imperative that incidences are kept as low as possible to reduce the impact on the general public as well as industry and the public sector.
11 May 2023
The everyday reality in the “fraud capital of the world”
On 3 May 2023, the same day that the UK government’s long-awaited Fraud Strategy was published, the Home Office released a significant piece of research looking at incidents of fraud and corruption experienced by UK businesses between 2017 and 2020. A week later, on 11 May, UK Finance published its latest annual report focusing on payment industry fraud and its CEO labelled UK as “the fraud capital of the world”.
3 May 2023
Health and Safety / Corporate Manslaughter Update – Q1 2023
This quarterly update provides a summary of a selection of news stories relating to health and safety investigations and prosecutions, as well as key corporate manslaughter cases, published in the period January 2023 – March 2023.
3 May 2023
Environmental Law Quarterly Update – Q1 2023
This quarterly environmental law update provides a summary of news stories in the period January 2023 – March 2023.
3 May 2023
Does anyone care about us?
Research reveals overwhelmingly negative experiences of the care system for victims and perpetrators of youth violence.
In March 2023, His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) commissioned research on the lived experiences of those who have committed – or experienced – serious youth violence. The findings were published alongside HMICFRS’s report into the policing of these issues and as cross-disciplinary calls increase for a rethink of how serious youth violence is tackled. In a follow-up to his previous blog, Paul Egunjobi looks at the findings.
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