Blog
Deepfakes to Deletion Orders: Tackling technology enabled sexual offending in the Crime and Policing Act 2026
Sophie Tang
23 March 2023
In the wrong place at the wrong time
Long delays are an all-too familiar part of the criminal justice system. As highlighted in the recent case of BH v Norwich Youth Court, those delays can have a significant impact on young people, particularly when a defendant turns 18 during the long process. An imminent change in the law may improve the situation but there are wider issues to be solved, too. Partner Sandra Paul and paralegal Emma McGrath look at the issues.
22 March 2023
Greenwashing: Another key factor in the year ahead
A recent special Fraud and Financial Crime report produced by Raconteur and published in The Times* included an article exploring why this year, 2023, “could prove to be a pivotal year for anti-fraud regulation”. The points to look out for included the significant changes to the criminal law which look set to be brought about by way of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (in particular the creation of at least one new ‘failure to prevent’ fraud offence), reforms to Companies House, enhanced transatlantic cooperation on the transfer of data, and plans to regulate the crypto sector.
21 March 2023
Fraud: 2023’s unwelcome guest
Data demonstrates the correlation between GDP declining and recorded fraud offences increasing – after what we’ve collectively been through over the past few years, businesses should be ready for an upsurge in fraud being uncovered.
16 March 2023
That Friday feeling?
Over the past months, a private members’ Bill has been making its way through Parliament, without a great deal of media coverage. The name of the draft law, the Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Bill, does not do much to communicate its significance. In fact, on reading it, you would be forgiven for thinking this is not much more than an administrative statute – a tidying up provision to correct one of the many obscurities of the legal system.
14 March 2023
Expansion of failure to prevent: The theory is almost reality
For more than a decade, lawyers, academics and business representatives have been discussing the need for a new approach to corporate criminal liability for economic crime. With significant expansion of the tried and tested failure to prevent (FTP) structure now imminent, and further debate on the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill scheduled for late March, there are questions still to be answered.
- Controlling and coercive behaviour
- Corporate crime
- Corporate manslaughter and health and safety
- Crime and justice
- Cyber crime
- Extradition and international crime
- Financial crime and financial regulatory enforcement
- Fraud
- Internal investigations
- Legal Updates
- Online Safety Regulation
- Police investigations
- Proceeds of Crime
- The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act
- Unexplained Wealth Orders
- Youth crime and justice