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From garage to unicorn – Employment law lessons for scaling tech teams
Catherine Bourne
19 May 2021
Domestic Abuse Act 2021: An Overview
The long anticipated Domestic Abuse Act received Royal Assent on 29 April 2021. After numerous delays to the parliamentary timetable including the prorogation of parliament and the COVID-19 pandemic it has finally made its way on to the statute book.
19 May 2021
What do universities need to know about the UK’s Anti-Money Laundering regime?
Traditionally the sectors perceived to be most at risk from money laundering have been financial institutions, accountants, law firms and estate agents. But criminals have become increasingly adept and creative in seeking out new opportunities to legitimise the proceeds of their crimes and universities are now also the recipient of their unwelcome attentions.
14 May 2021
Safeguarding - 5 golden principles for school leaders
Over the past few weeks there has been a steady stream of disturbing stories alleging sexual harassment and sexual abuse of children attending a variety of schools across the country, not just incidents involving children and adults but in many cases peer-on-peer abuse.
7 May 2021
Controlling and Coercive Behaviour: Widening the Net
The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 became law on 29 April 2021. One of the key provisions of the Act is to broaden the ambit of the offence of controlling and coercive behaviour.
6 May 2021
Sexsomnia and the Criminal Law
‘Sexsomnia’ or ‘sexomnia’ is a form of parasomnia. A parasomnia is an undesirable behaviour arising from sleep. Common examples including sleep walking and sleep talking. Sexsomnia is a less common, but sometimes more problematic example of a parasomnia, which involves sleep related sexual behaviour.
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