All Practice points articles – Page 34
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FeatureClimate change: We'll always have Paris
Landmark agreement to cut emissions is likely to survive the withdrawal of the US.
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FeatureClimate change on corporate behaviour
Demands for a new corporate offence of failing to prevent human rights abuses are becoming mainstream.
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FeatureThe emperor has no clothes – time to scrap the Serious Fraud Office
SFO failings need to be resolved, regardless of the fate of Conservative intention to merge with NCA.
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FeatureCriminal Finances Act 2017
Roger Sahota assesses a radical overhaul of the anti-money laundering and confiscation regime.
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FeatureGeneral election: Non-party campaigning rules
Civil society organisations were caught on the hop by the snap election. What must they do?
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FeatureMental health: Tiny steps to make our profession kinder
Poor conduct and outmoded ways of working are causing a mental health crisis among solicitors
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FeatureThe next step for arbitrations
Has the process of arbitration become litigation in all but name?
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FeatureCrown Prosecution Service: True cost of a poor charging decision
The acquittal of Kato Harris in July 2016 attracted considerable attention. His case has been in the news again following the recent order for costs against the Crown Prosecution Service after it declined to provide an account of how the decision to charge Harris came to be made.
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FeatureWhere next for private prosecutions?
The conduct of private prosecutors – and their motivations – are under scrutiny
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FeatureThe Employment Rights Act: falling behind the gig economy
Using legislation from 1996 to determine whether someone is employed, self-employed or a worker is unsatisfactory.
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FeatureTaking account of dishonesty
Fraud and fresh evidence were factors in a recent High Court decision
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FeatureGovernment crackdown on 'no platform' decisions in universities
Legal duties have moved to centre stage in a fight over freedom of speech in higher education establishments.
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FeatureSchools monitoring student internet use
Are students and their parents aware that schools are monitoring online activities even when at home?
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FeatureMIB gears up for new untraced drivers agreement
Motor Insurers Bureau updates agreement for accidents involving untraced drivers, including ‘hit and runs’ and motorcyclists losing control due to diesel spills.
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FeatureSettlement conferences
I was apprehensive about settlement conferences for public law cases, but a pilot scheme in Devon has made me rethink.
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FeatureMental capacity: winners and losers
Law Commission report on Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty.
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FeatureCasting the net wider
The ongoing expansion of corporate criminal liability carries new risks for legal advisers.
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FeatureA Brexit survival guide for lawyers
Law firms have multiple challenges, not only legal and regulatory, but also commercial.
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FeatureSnubbing the secular
The Jehovah’s Witnesses organisation is facing an international abuse scandal on a scale akin to the Catholic Church.
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FeatureLaws of robotics: after Asimov
The EU has stepped in to ‘kick-start’ a meaningful discussion on the legislative direction of artificial intelligence.