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Private prosecutions – A route to justice for the charity sector
Sophie Tang
22 February 2019
Brexit uncertainty pervades Competition and Markets Authority Annual Plan 2019-20
The current uncertainty surrounding the terms of the UK’s Withdrawal from the EU, forces the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to admit that it had anticipated that “the path ahead would be clearer” when preparing to publish the Annual Plan for 2019-20. “Whilst clarity is no doubt approaching, important details around the timing and nature of the UK’s exit from the EU remain unresolved.”
21 February 2019
Lie detection tests for convicted domestic abuse offenders is a costly distraction
One of the more striking features of the government’s draft domestic abuse bill, which was published 21 January, was the proposed extension of the ‘polygraph condition’ to convicted offenders’ licences. In this blog, Matthew Hardcastle questions the inclusion of polygraph testing in the government’s recent draft domestic abuse bill.
13 February 2019
Unexplained Wealth Orders: What we know one year on
The Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) has been available to law enforcement since February 2018. UWOs are intended to bolster the Proceeds of Crime regime, by making it easier for law enforcement agencies to seize assets suspected of representing criminal property.
13 February 2019
Responding to blackmail if you are not Jeff Bezos
The Jeff Bezos blackmail story has captured attention for a number of reasons. Not only did Mr Bezos, the world’s richest man, bravely call out his blackmailer in an attempt to neuter embarrassing information with which he was being threatened, he also exposed what he considered a politically motivated vendetta, thereby creating a diversion from the awkward images at the heart of the story.
6 February 2019
Fraud in Packaging Recycling: Environment Agency is clamping down on ‘Waste Crime’
‘Waste crime’ takes many forms and is nothing new. However it on the increase and is now one of the main targets for serious and organised crime networks. The criminality includes large-scale fraud, bribery and corruption, intimidation of legitimate competitors, breaches of environmental law, tax evasion, and in some cases modern day slavery.
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