Investigations into workplace injuries and fatal accidents can be lengthy and complex. We give corporate crime lawyers all they need to understand and advise on the powers of health and safety enforcement bodies, key health and safety offences, corporate manslaughter and gross negligence manslaughter offences.
Private prosecutions are on the rise, as businesses see it as a way to secure justice in financial crime cases. Our bespoke suite supports anyone seeking to bring and challenge private prosecutions.
Government has passed laws creating new corporate criminal offences - from corporate manslaughter to money laundering. Following the latest laws, cases and commentary is a challenge – but the stakes are higher than ever.
Law360, Expert analysis: The wide-ranging sanctions and export controls that the US and its partners have imposed on Russia in recent months pose...
This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of how companies should prepare to respond to Overseas Production Orders,...
Dispute Resolution analysis: The applicants sought disclosure of the identities of those communicating their instructions to the respondent claimants....
Corporate Crime analysis: The Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Act 2019 (C(OPO)A 2019) was enacted three years ago to give law enforcement agencies...
Law360, London: Aviva plc said on 24 May 2022 that it has uncovered more than 11,000 cases of claims fraud in 2021, which would have cost the...
Conflict in Ukraine—UK sanctions trackerThis tracker aims to assist banking and finance, and financial services regulatory lawyers, track relevant...
Building regulations—enforcementThe Building Regulations 2010, SI 2010/2214 (the Building Regulations) are made under the Building Act 1984 (BA 1984)....
Protected hedges and hedgerowsWhat hedgerows are protected?Certain hedgerows are protected by the Hedgerows Regulations 1997, data-ln-csis="283306"...
Works to trees, tree preservation orders and trees in conservation areasWorks to treesGenerally, work to trees does not constitute development under...
Listed buildings enforcement and criminal liability regimeThere are three ways in which a local planning authority (LPA) may take enforcement action...
Abatement notice for a statutory nuisance made under the section 80 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990[name] [District] [Borough] [City]...
Notice of appeal pursuant to section 80(3) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 against an abatement notice for a statutory nuisance[name, address...
Private action for a statutory nuisance—complaint to the magistrates’ court—section 82 of Environmental Protection Act 1990In the [insert name]...
Private action for a statutory nuisance—notice under section 82(6) of Environmental Protection Act 1990[insert address of claimant's instructing...
Financial sanctions breach report formPlease supply as much information as possible about this suspected breach.If you require any help to complete...
Securities, sureties and other conditions of bailConditions of bailA defendant granted bail by the court may be required to comply with conditions of...
Witness intimidationIntimidation of witnesses and jurorsIntimidation of witnesses and/or jurors is an offence under section 51 of the Criminal Justice...
Possession of an offensive weaponThe offence of possession of an offensive weaponThe offence of having an offensive weapon in a public place can be...
Discretionary life sentencesThis Practice Note reflects the procedural code for sentencing offenders in England and Wales (Sentencing Code) that...
Criminal Procedure Rules (CrimPR)—update October 2020 [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. This Practice...
Search of premises without a warrantThe powers of the police to enter and search premises are both extensive and various. The police may search...
Commencing criminal proceedings—written charge and requisition or single justice procedure noticeAll criminal cases begin in the magistrates' court...
Obtaining third-party disclosure in criminal proceedingsThe prosecution’s duty of disclosure in criminal proceedings is governed by the Criminal...
Intoxication and mistakeIntoxicationGeneral defences are those which arise from specific characteristics of the defendant or the circumstances of the...
Human trafficking offencesWhat is human trafficking?The accepted definition is found in the UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in...
European Investigation Orders (EIOs)—process [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not being maintained. Following the end...
Instructing experts in criminal proceedingsPart 19 of the Criminal Procedure Rules 2020, SI 2020/759 (CrimPR) sets out the requirements for...
Enforcement of confiscation ordersStatus of a confiscation orderTechnically, a confiscation order is an order to pay a sum of money to the state;...
Admissibility of hearsay in criminal proceedings—the interests of justice gatewayThe statutory conditionsHearsay evidence may be admitted under one or...
Prisoner categorisationCategorisation is the process by which a prisoner’s security category is determined. This affects the type of prison in which...
Tainted gifts in confiscation proceedingsTainted giftsA tainted gift is a category of asset that is added to the value of the property calculated to...
Where a public electronic communications network is connected to a customer’s network or apparatus (at the Network Terminating Point) the network and the customers system must each be able to understand the technical operation of the other in order for services to inter-operate across the connection boundary. The customers system and the network must both provide an interface at the point of connection and only where these interfaces are matched will there be interoperability. The technical characteristics that allow for that understanding is the customer-network interface.
A data-carrying mechanism which emulates some properties of a circuit-switched network over a packet-switched network. In practical terms, MPLS is a mechanism that allows the establishment of virtual paths (known as Label Switched Paths) for an unconnected mode protocol. The most famous protocol used with MPLS is IP (Internet Protocol), even though MPLS is a multi-protocol mechanism.
An order of the court compelling a defendant to perform an obligation previously undertaken in respect of the claimant.