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Private prosecutions – A route to justice for the charity sector
Sophie Tang
3 December 2018
Reform of corporate liability – renewed calls for change
The House of Lords Bribery Act committee inquiry heard evidence recently from Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) Director Lisa Osofsky and Director of Public Prosecutions Max Hill QC. This was preceded earlier in the morning with an evidence session with Sir Brian Leveson, President of the Queen’s Bench Division, where the issue of Deferred Prosecution Agreements was the focus.
29 November 2018
Prosecuting rape cases and serious sexual assaults: the debate continues
In a series of interviews during the last few weeks of Alison Saunders’ tenure as Director of Public Prosecutions, much of the media focus was on the issue of collapsed rape trials and serious concerns relating to disclosure.
28 November 2018
Financial Crime: Analysis of firms' data – first report
On 13 November 2018, the FCA published the results of their first financial crime survey. Over 2,000 UK firms, including all UK-based banks and building societies, were required to complete a questionnaire in order to create a report which presents ‘a collective view of the activity being undertaken by firms in the UK to combat financial crime across the industry.’ A statement reinforced in a recent speech by FCA’s Head of Financial Crime Rob Gruppetta.
Going forward, the hope is that this data will be collected annually so that the FCA can gain an understanding of how a variety of financial crime threats evolve over time.
23 November 2018
Changes to the Code for Crown Prosecutors
David Sleight discusses the revised ‘Code for Crown Prosecutors’ and suggests that a shift in policy to encourage prosecutors to carefully review cases and exculpatory evidence at an early stage is a good idea in principle. Sleight argues the revised code is, however, ‘yet another example of a well-intentioned policy change that has little or no consideration as to what is happening on the ground’.
21 November 2018
A South Korean president will not prevent the abuse of INTERPOL: root and branch reform is needed
A collective sigh of relief was heard in the UK this morning at the news that Alexander Prokopchuk has not been elected as the new head of INTERPOL. In the current climate, post-Skripal, it is no surprise that the prospect of a former insider in the Kremlin’s interior ministry as head of the international body would cause alarm. Such relief, however, may be premature. Prokopchuk remains not only a vice-President of INTERPOL but also a member of the important Commission for the Control of Files of INTERPOL (CCF) which decides on the admissibility of red notices (although he absents himself when Russian cases are being discussed).
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