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Deepfakes to Deletion Orders: Tackling technology enabled sexual offending in the Crime and Policing Act 2026
Sophie Tang
7 April 2021
Environmental Law Quarterly Update - Q1 2021
This quarterly environmental law update provides a summary of a cross section of news stories in the period Jan 2021 - March 2021.
1 April 2021
Arrests of care home workers following COVID-19 outbreaks: a review of criminal liability
In late February 2021 a news article reported that a care home worker had been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter after a patient died of COVID-19. In late March 2021, two further care home workers were arrested on suspicion of wilful neglect. We look at how those working in care homes can potentially face criminal liability in respect of COVID-19 cases.
26 March 2021
Sentencing environmental offences: Reflections on the Thames Water £2.3m fine
Jonathan Grimes, Partner, and Sophie Wood, Senior Associate, in our Criminal Litigation team write for LexisNexis discussing the £2.3m fine imposed on Thames Water by the Environment Agency (EA) after causing a stream pollution and consider what factors criminal courts take into account when assessing the amount of the fine.
19 March 2021
Youth Justice: Is reform on the way for young people who turn 18 while in the criminal justice system?
Children under 18 years old are afforded a number of special protections by virtue of the fact that they are children in the eyes of the law. These protections fall away when an individual turns 18 and they are legally considered an ‘adult’. For defendants who cross the threshold into adulthood during the criminal process, the impact of reaching this milestone can be profound.
4 March 2021
The risks and penalties of money laundering for charities and how to guard against it
Money launderers will look for any opportunity to take advantage of organisations with weak financial controls in order to launder their ill-gotten gains. Charities, trustees, employees and volunteers who knowingly or unwittingly assist money launderers, or who fail to report suspicions, may commit a criminal offence and find themselves liable to prosecution.
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