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Private prosecutions – A route to justice for the charity sector
Sophie Tang
15 July 2022
AML update for legal practitioners and law firms – July 2022
This update covers recent developments relating to the regulation of money laundering in the legal sector and implications for legal practitioners and law firms. Specifically, four updates are explored. The first relates the SRA’s AML information-gathering exercise, undertaken as part of its role as anti-money laundering supervisor under the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017. Second, we look at HM Treasury’s response to its consultation on reform of the UK AML regime. Relevant changes emanating from this are expected to come into effect on 1 September 2022 by way of new secondary legislation entitled ‘The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022’. The third development concerns HM Treasury’s approval of the updated Legal Sector Affinity Group (LSAG) Guidance which was issued in 2021. Finally, and linked to this, two new LSAG Advisory Notes have been published which serve to clarify expectations of the Legal Sector Professional Body Supervisors, including those of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), in relation to particular topical areas of risk.
28 June 2022
“Education, too?”: tips for investigating sexual allegations in schools and higher education settings
Worldwide the #MeToo movement continues to grow and shift. In the past 12 months alone, we have seen a marked rise in the number of reports being investigated by schools and tertiary education providers about allegations of sexual offences, harassment and abuse. It seems that these reports will only continue to grow as children and young adults become more equipped and confident to make reports of such conduct, with more platforms such as Everyone’s Invited (which reached its two-year anniversary this month) accessible for their voices to be heard.
25 April 2022
The Independent Regulator for English Football (IREF) is approved – but when is kick-off?
The Government has endorsed all the strategic recommendations set out in the fan-led review of football – paving the way for the establishment of an independent regulator for English football (IREF).
20 April 2022
Food Standards Agency tightens regulation of CBD food products
In a bid to better regulate the public sale of legal cannabidiol (CBD) ingestible products, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published a list of CBD food products that have been given the green light to remain on sale to the general public in England and Wales, at least for the time being. This is a significant development and places the UK as the first country in the world to regulate these products. In this blog, we take stock of this evolving regulatory landscape, the key events that have shaped and continue to shape it, and what this means for companies and individuals already in the industry, those considering entering it, and those considering investing in it.
19 April 2022
High Court Quashes Interim Suspension Order – an aide memoire to Interim Orders – Proportionality, Reasons and the Regulators’ Reach
At the material time, the Appellant Doctor had been working as a General Practitioner (‘GP’) as a Partner in a GP Practice (‘the GP Practice’) until August 2021; having qualified in 2004 and has practised for more than 15 years with no previous fitness to practise complaints or findings. On 09 November 2021, an Interim Orders Tribunal (‘IOT’) of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (‘MPTS’) imposed an Interim Suspension Order (‘ISO’) on the Appellant’s registration for a period of 18 months. The Appellant appealed the imposition of the ISO. The Court agreed and overturned it whilst providing advice to the GMC that it may want to consider applying for a new Interim Order no more restrictive than conditions
