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Literary Bounty from the Chambers Family

Melanie Cumberland12th August 2020
While 2020 has seen parts of our legal system in a state of near paralysis, this year has been characterised by extraordinary accomplishments on the part of three exceptionally talented...
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Suspicious Activity Reports: The Law Commission Report

Melanie Cumberland17th July 201917th July 2019
Money laundering is estimated to cost every UK household £255 each year.  Enacted in 2003, Part 7 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (‘POCA’) represented a watershed in Parliament’s...
Crime General Public and civil law

Beware, lest your cause be criminal

Melanie Cumberland1st March 20194th March 2019
Recent decisions of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal have clarified the definition of a ‘criminal cause or matter’ for the purpose of section 18(1) of the Senior Courts...
Crime Extradition General International Public and civil law

Making applications to the ECtHR: clearing the admissibility hurdle

Melanie Cumberland19th July 201819th July 2018
Around 95% of applications to the European Court of Human Rights are declared inadmissible or struck out without substantive consideration on their merits. This may be because an application is...
Corporate crime Crime General International

Electronic data: does the long arm of the law reach across continents?

Melanie Cumberland26th February 201826th February 2018
When Lord Halsbury stated in 1891 ‘all crime is local’, he cannot have foreseen the complications and challenges created by technological advances.  Commonly understood notions of territoriality and jurisdictional scope...
Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP)
Crime Public and civil law

Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP)

Melanie Cumberland10th October 201727th October 2017
On 14 August 2017, the Chair of the Parole Board, Nick Hardwick, gave an interview to BBC Radio 4’s ‘Today’ programme, in which he called for changes to the test...

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