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Private prosecutions – A route to justice for the charity sector
Sophie Tang
30 July 2018
Cartel Crackdown?
Last week, the CMA, published its Annual Report for 2017/18 which stated that “at the end of 2017/18 we had no continuing criminal investigations under the cartel offence in the Enterprise Act 2002.” This announcement is perhaps surprising, given the CMA’s intentions which were announced in its Annual Plan 2018/2019 that it would be...
27 July 2018
Facing a sexual misconduct allegation at work: the importance of your first account
Facing any accusation of misconduct at work is difficult, but allegations of sexual misconduct are particularly distressing. Such complaints not only have an impact on your professional life, but by their very nature can affect your personal and family life too.
27 July 2018
Cryptocurrencies: the new face of economic crime?
The Treasury Committee’s inquiry into economic crime is one of the most wide-ranging of the committee’s current workstreams, and its conclusions are keenly awaited.
As well as assessing the effectiveness of the anti-money laundering regime in the UK, MPs have been examining the impact of economic crime on consumers.
27 July 2018
Disclosure of Evidence in Criminal Cases – time to restore fairness in the criminal justice system
On 20 July 2018, the House of Commons Justice Committee released their report on the Disclosure of Evidence in Criminal Cases. Matthew Hardcastle, an Associate in our Criminal Litigation team, acted as a specialist advisor to the Committee during this inquiry.
26 July 2018
Media focus on first 'McMafia law' challenge
Media reports today focus on the first challenge to the Unexplained Wealth Order with headlines such as: “Harrods big spender fights to keep mansion” (BBC News) referring to the case before the High Court on 25th July where “Mrs A” sought to discharge an Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) obtained by the NCA against her husband, “Mr A”, in respect of two UK properties with a combined value of £22 million. The NCA alleges that Mr and Mrs A obtained their wealth through foreign corruption.
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