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Private prosecutions – A route to justice for the charity sector
Sophie Tang
19 July 2018
The SFO’s privilege battles reaches the Court of Appeal
ENRC’s highly anticipated challenge to Andrews J’s High Court decision in the case of SFO v ENRC was recently heard over three days in the Court of Appeal.
19 July 2018
Why the International Criminal Court should be supported
This week marked 20 years since the signing of the Rome Statute, the international treaty that brought into existence the International Criminal Court (ICC), a court created to prosecute war crimes committed throughout the world. In the UK the anniversary went largely unnoticed; yet it deserves a nod of recognition by those who believe in justice and the fight against impunity. Moreover, it serves as a reminder that the UK can and should play its part by using its own universal jurisdiction (the ability to prosecute international crimes that have no connection to the UK) to investigate and prosecute those suspected of such crimes who are found in the UK.
17 July 2018
Search Warrants: the case for reform – costs
The Law Commission recently announced a consultation into the law and practice governing search warrants with a deadline for responses of 5 September 2018. This is second in a series of blogs which explore the current system and the proposals for reform. Where this blog considers the issue of costs, the introductory blog considers the key problems with the current law as identified by the Commission and sets out our thoughts and experience in respect of these: complexity, inconsistency and its outdated nature.
17 July 2018
Search Warrants: the case for reform – an introduction
The Law Commission recently announced a consultation into the law and practice governing search warrants with a deadline for responses of 5 September 2018. This is the first in a series of blogs which explore the current system and the proposals for reform. In this series, we consider the key problems with the current law as identified by the Commission and share our thoughts and experience in respect of these: complexity, inconsistency, its outdated nature and the costs incurred. We review the issue of costs in part two.
16 July 2018
Revised PACE Codes of Practice coming into force
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Revision of Codes C, E, F and H) Order 2018 changes will bring the codes in line with changes in legislation, policy, operational policing practice and case law. These changes to Codes C (detention), E (audio recording of interviews), F (visual recording of interviews) and H (detention – terrorism) come into effect on 31 July 2018. This blog sets out the key changes due to come into force.
- 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