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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 Proceeds of crime

Case comment: SFO v Saleh [2018] EWHC 1012

Simon Ray9th July 2018

In SFO v Saleh, the Court of Appeal ruled in favour of the SFO in an appeal against a property freezing order for £4.4 million. This case illustrates the willingness and...

Crime

Voluntary Euthanasia, Individual Autonomy and the Chain of Causation

Annabel Darlow QC22nd June 201820th June 2018

The facts of Wallace [2018] EWCA Crim 690 are as tragic as they are unusual. The victim, Mr van Dongen, and the defendant, had formerly been in a long-term relationship....

Corporate crime Crime General

The Latest Developments in Legal Professional Privilege in Corporate Investigations

Duncan Atkinson QC9th May 20188th May 2018

In a judgment that will have significant repercussions for internal corporate investigations, and corporates seeking to enter into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA), the SFO was criticised by the High...

Corporate crime Crime Proceeds of crime

Targeting McMafia, Salisbury and Syria – the Unexplained Wealth Order

Peter Ratliff2nd May 20183rd May 2018

Алты́нного во́ра ве́шают, а полти́нного че́ствуют - Laws catch flies but let hornets go free (Russian Proverb) ‘Unexplained Wealth Orders’ (‘UWOs’) came into force on 31 January 2018[1]. UWOs are designed as...

Crime General

Legally binding: when do criminal statutes bind the Crown?

David Perry QC17th April 201818th April 2018

In a previous blog post, Alex du Sautoy and Vincent Scully considered the Supreme Court’s decision in R (Black) v Secretary of State for Justice [2017] UKSC 81 (‘No smoke...

Crime Extradition General International

The Brexit Transition Agreement – What it Means for Criminal Justice Cooperation

Rosemary Davidson8th April 2018

On 19 March 2018, the EU and the UK agreed the terms of a transition period (referred to by the UK as ‘an implementation period’) that will extend the time...

Crime General International Proceeds of crime

UK “Magnitsky provisions” – time for a change?

Karl Laird14th March 201814th March 2018

Since the events that unfolded in Salisbury last week, there have been calls to introduce into UK law a version of the so-called "Magnitsky Act" that was enacted in the...

Corporate crime Crime Proceeds of crime

First unexplained wealth orders made by the High Court

Simon Ray6th March 20186th March 2018

Section 1 of the Criminal Finances Act 2017 added a new investigative tool to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (sections 362A to 362I)(“the Act”). The new measure, known as...

Corporate crime Crime General International

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

Miranda Hill26th 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...

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Making applications to the ECtHR: clearing the admissibility hurdle

Case comment: SFO v Saleh [2018] EWHC 1012

Voluntary Euthanasia, Individual Autonomy and the Chain of Causation

The Latest Developments in Legal Professional Privilege in Corporate Investigations

Targeting McMafia, Salisbury and Syria – the Unexplained Wealth Order

Legally binding: when do criminal statutes bind the Crown?

The Brexit Transition Agreement – What it Means for Criminal Justice Cooperation

UK “Magnitsky provisions” – time for a change?

First unexplained wealth orders made by the High Court

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

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