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Private prosecutions – A route to justice for the charity sector
Sophie Tang
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.
26 April 2021
EU Member States’ reluctance to extradite their own nationals to the UK
Perhaps the first practical negative consequence for the UK to emerge “Beyond Brexit” from an extradition perspective relates to Article 83 of the TCA which allows EU Member States to refuse to extradite their own nationals to the UK. Germany, Austria and Slovenia had already exercised the Nationality bar during the transition period, which ended on 31 December 2020.
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