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Private prosecutions – A route to justice for the charity sector
Sophie Tang
6 October 2020
Companies in hot water: environmental performance deteriorates further
The Environment Agency’s (“EA”) 2 October 2020 annual report provides sober reading for the nine water and waste service companies operating in England. After the 2019 report’s finding that performance across the sector was already ‘unacceptable’, the 2020 report concluded that all, without exception, had continued to deteriorate.
6 October 2020
Student misconduct allegations and the right to a fair hearing
The temptation to approach the adjudication of a student complaint as merely an ‘internal process’, is one of the most common errors made by some higher education institutions. The process adopted must be capable of examination by an independent and external eye to ensure that at each stage of the process, the rights of all individuals involved are protected.
30 September 2020
Tackling Illicit Finance: SFO uses Listed Asset Order for first time
The SFO has followed in the footsteps of the NCA and HMRC by using, for the first time, a listed asset order (‘LAO’) to recover £500,000 worth of jewellery which they were satisfied represented the proceeds of crime.
29 September 2020
How Universities should investigate a complaint under the disciplinary procedure
Once an allegation is made against a student (or member of academic staff), either by another student, a member of staff or someone outside the university, it is important that that the University takes stock of the issue and acts carefully to ensure fairness to all parties.
15 September 2020
Legal Comment: Sexual Offences (Sports Coaching) Bill 2019-20
Tracey Crouch, MP for Chatham and Aylesford, has been the driving force behind a Bill to amend the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (‘SOA’) to include sports coaches as a position of trust for the purposes of child sex offences. This Bill had its first reading in the House of Commons on 17 June 2020.
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