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Deepfakes to Deletion Orders: Tackling technology enabled sexual offending in the Crime and Policing Act 2026
Sophie Tang
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).
19 August 2024
Motor finance: FCA drives towards formal redress scheme
The FCA is conducting a review into whether motor finance customers were overcharged as a result of the widespread use of discretionary commission arrangements in the motor finance industry. It had expected to set out its next steps in light of this review in September 2024. However, it has announced that it will not now do so until May 2025.
31 July 2024
Different country, different rules? Navigating legal difficulties whilst in France
From Friday 26 July until Sunday 11 August, athletes and their millions of supporters from all around the world will be in Paris to experience the Olympic Games. Broadly, French and English criminal laws cover similar behaviours, although as with most countries, there are differences in legislation which may cause British tourists legal difficulties, not only during their trip but also when they return home.
11 July 2024
Labour Government 2024: Key areas of potential reform of the criminal justice system
With Labour campaigning successfully under the banner of ‘Change’, and dedicating one of its five manifesto mission statements to “halving serious violent crime and raising confidence in the police and criminal justice system to its highest levels”, we review what the party has said and how the new government may develop its plans.
10 July 2024
Where next for sentencing policy?
Lord Carter of Haslemere writes about Labour’s proposed review of sentencing and why this may be one possible solution to our prisons overcrowding problem.
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