Understanding the intricate regulations surrounding vehicle licensing is essential for corporate crime practitioners. Stay updated on the latest compliance requirements to ensure your clients' operations remain within legal bounds. Gain crucial insights into licensing procedures, enforcement actions, and legal remedies to efficiently address violations in the commercial transport sector.
A round-up of the latest environmental enforcement, including the prosecution of an individual for operating an illegal waste site without a permit...
Corporate Crime analysis: The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) has published its strategy for 2026–2029, setting out the key policy...
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced the introduction of a new Digital Waste Tracking service as part of its...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that it is leading an international action to stop illegal finfluencers putting consumers' money...
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...
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
Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid
If a beneficiary signs a deed of disclaimer of their share of an estate and the estate pays their legal fees, will that count as a PET against their estate?A disclaimer is the refusal of a gift prior to acceptance. The refusal of the gift must take place before the beneficiary accepts any benefit
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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