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GDC launches new Fitness to Practise Consultation: Advancing fairness, transparency and professional confidence
Tajmina Begum
10 April 2019
Eastenders explores rape: Part 5 - what happens when a complainant wants to "drop the case"?
In this blog series, we have been following the progress of one of the latest EastEnders storylines, which centres on a young woman who claims to have been raped by two men after a night of heavy drinking.
10 April 2019
SRA AML audits: be prepared
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (“SRA”) confirmed in March that it will be writing to a “large number” of firms (400) asking to see evidence of compliance with the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 (“MLR 2017”). A failure to respond to the SRA request can have regulatory and criminal consequences.
9 April 2019
Health and Safety Sentencing – Three years on and now for the bad news…
A year on from the introduction of the Health and Safety Offences, Corporate Manslaughter and Food Safety and Hygiene Offences sentencing guidelines for England and Wales (the guidelines) we considered what the guidelines meant for individuals and organisations convicted of health and safety offences.
9 April 2019
SFO secures “largest seizures of its kind” using new asset forfeiture powers
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) secured the return of £1,522,756.72 through new powers introduced under the Criminal Finances Act 2017, namely the Account Freezing Order (AFO) and Forfeiture Order. This was the first time the SFO has used these powers, but follows fast behind a similar order obtained by the National Crime Agency.
9 April 2019
FCA’s Guidance on Cryptoassets – welcome clarity
“Cryptoassets have attracted significant and growing attention from consumers, markets, governments and regulators globally”, stated the FCA earlier this year in launching its consultation on its Guidance on Cryptoassests. Jill Lorimer has previously commented on the Cryptoassests guidance.
The aim of the Guidance is to “provide regulatory clarity for market participants carrying on activities in this space” and it appears to do just that.
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