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A weekly round-up of the latest environmental enforcement developments, including a £1.6 million fine imposed on Anglian Water for repeated sewage...
The Insolvency Service has announced that accountant Zeeshan Ashraf was ordered to pay £307,690 at Birmingham Crown Court on 13 October 2026,...
Law360, Expert analysis: On 1 October 2026, six months after the US Department of Justice (DOJ) established its first new litigating division in two...
The National Crime Agency (NCA), Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), HMRC, Home Office and HM Treasury have published nine 2026 economic crime system...
Common assault and batteryThe offences of common assault and batteryTechnically, the offences of assault and battery are separate summary offences. An...
AffrayAffray is an offence created by the Public Order Act 1986 (POA 1986). It can be tried in either the magistrates’ court or the Crown Court. The...
Self defenceSelf defenceSelf defence is an absolute defence based on the evidence which can apply in crimes committed by force. Section 76 of the...
Assault occasioning actual bodily harmThe offence of actual bodily harmThe offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH) can be tried in...
Active bribery, passive bribery and bribing foreign public officialsThe Bribery Act 2010 (BA 2010) criminalises:•bribing another person (active bribery)•soliciting or accepting a bribe (passive bribery)•bribing a foreign public official, and•for a business or commercial organisation only, failing to
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some point
Contributory negligence in personal injury claimsContributory negligence is a partial defence which can lead to a discount in damages.Other defences may also be relevant. See Practice Notes: Did the claimant consent to the risk of injury? and Was the claimant involved in an illegal activity?If a
Can shares in a limited company that have not been paid-up at all be cancelled?A limited company having a share capital may not alter that share capital, except in the ways listed in section 617 of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006). Shares in a company cannot simply be cancelled without following an
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