14 April 2024
Demystifying loss of control
The recent Channel 4 TV programme The Jury: Murder Trial focused attention on the jury trial process, but went for drama and sensationalism over accuracy, as our colleague Greg Foxsmith previously argued. As a result, there was little attention paid to the legal issue in the dramatised case, which was “loss of control” as a partial defence to murder. This may have left some wondering what the actual legal position is.
11 April 2024
Food, fraudulent food
Over the past decade, food fraud has emerged as a particularly pervasive issue, both internationally and within the UK. In recent years, the UK has experienced several high-profile food fraud scandals, involving the mislabelling and adulteration of food products and so raising concerns about the integrity of the food supply train and consumer safety.
10 April 2024
New sentencing guidelines are now in force
On 1 April 2024, a number of new and amended sentencing guidelines came into effect, following publication of the results of a consultation by the Sentencing Council which ran during Autumn 2023.
4 April 2024
Health and Safety / Corporate Manslaughter – Q1 2024
This quarterly update provides a summary of a selection of news stories relating to health and safety law investigations and prosecutions, as well as key corporate manslaughter cases, in the period January 2024 – March 2024.
3 April 2024
UK FIU report reveals more efficient and better quality SARs reporting landscape
The NCA’s UK Financial Intelligence Unit (UKFIU) has published its latest Annual Report (somewhat later in the year than usual). The UKFIU is responsible for receiving, analysing and disseminating intelligence submitted through the Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) regime and its role is to alert law enforcement agencies, both at home and abroad, to potential instances of money laundering and terrorist financing.
- Controlling and coercive behaviour
- Corporate crime
- Corporate manslaughter and health and safety
- Crime and justice
- Cyber crime
- Extradition and international crime
- Financial crime and financial regulatory enforcement
- Fraud
- Internal investigations
- Legal Updates
- Online Safety Regulation
- Police investigations
- Proceeds of Crime
- The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act
- Unexplained Wealth Orders
- Youth crime and justice