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Deepfakes to Deletion Orders: Tackling technology enabled sexual offending in the Crime and Policing Act 2026
Sophie Tang
29 April 2020
Beware the hidden cost of furlough abuse
With an estimated 25 per cent of the UK workforce now furloughed, it has arguably been a runaway success. But is it open to abuse – and what are the likely consequences? Lawyer Richard Fox explains
28 April 2020
Mutual Legal Assistance and the US: a more anxious case than usual
The Supreme Court’s recent judgment addresses fundamental legal principles and underscores the UK’s longstanding opposition to the death penalty. It does not go as far as it might but it has brought us a great deal closer to protecting the absolute right to life and underscores the serious and extraordinary scrutiny which must be applied in all cases involving the provision of assistance where there is a risk of the imposition of the death penalty.
27 April 2020
Appealing and challenging university disciplinary decisions: what students need to know
Where a student has had an unfavourable outcome from a university disciplinary process, that need not be the end of the road. It may still be possible for them to appeal or otherwise challenge the higher education provider’s decision.
24 April 2020
Account Freezing Orders – Court makes €1.9 million Forfeiture Order
The Metropolitan police announced on 23 April that it had obtained a Forfeiture Order in the sum of €1.9m following a cross-border money laundering investigation. The order was obtained under provisions created by the Criminal Finances Act 2017, which allow accounts to frozen by means of Account Freezing Orders (AFOs), and ultimately to be forfeit by means of a Forfeiture Order, if a Magistrates’ Court is satisfied that the funds in the account represent the proceeds of crime or are intended for use in crime.
23 April 2020
Competition enforcement – a sector approach
The Competition and Market Authority’s annual report on concurrency, published on 15 April, assesses the effectiveness of the arrangements in place between regulators in terms of competition enforcement, covering the period 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020. A key part of the competition landscape, these arrangements are designed to play an important role in enhancing competition and making markets work more effectively in the regulated sectors.
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