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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
14 January 2025
Interpol Launches Silver Notices: A Game-Changer for Asset Recovery?
On 10 January, INTERPOL made history by issuing its first ever Silver Notice, a new tool designed to trace and recover criminal assets. The inaugural notice, requested by Italy, focuses on identifying assets linked to a senior mafia member, showcasing its potential to strike at the heart of criminal networks.
12 November 2024
Time to comply: failure to prevent fraud is a reality
The government has published official guidance on reasonable fraud prevention procedures, setting the deadline of 1 September 2025 for large organisations to make sure they are compliant
8 November 2024
Navigating Modern Slavery Risks: Lessons from Recent Cases
Recent reports have underscored the difficulties businesses face in identifying and preventing modern slavery within their operations.
31 October 2024
Health and Safety / Corporate Manslaughter – Q2 & Q3 2024
This health, safety law and corporate manslaughter update provides a summary of news stories in the period April 2024 – September 2024.
25 September 2024
Fashion brands face further greenwashing scrutiny
Greenwashing continues to be a significant focus for the UK’s competition regulator as its scrutiny of the fashion sector continues.
In January 2022, only a few months after launching the Green Claims Code, the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) opened a review of environmental claims in the fashion sector. In July 2022, the CMA opened an investigation into three specific fashion brands (ASOS, Boohoo and George at Asda).
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