Mar 26, 2021 Charity law reform: Government accepts majority of Law Commission recommendations By Clare Wilson In 2017, the Law Commission published a report, Technical Issues in Charity Law. It acknowledged that “charities currently face...
Jan 14, 2021 No expansion of the failure to prevent offence... for now By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs FCA-regulated companies have been given a reprieve, as an amendment to the Financial Services Bill 2019–21 (FSB), which would have...
Dec 07, 2020 The offence of misconduct in a public office to be reformed for first time since 1783 By Neill Blundell Oli Bowley The Law Commission on Friday recommended reforms to modernise the UK’s “outdated and unclear” offence of misconduct in public office....
Nov 06, 2020 Corporate criminal liability: Law Commission to examine reform By Francis Bond Neill Blundell The Law Commission will begin a review of the UK’s corporate criminal liability legislation, after the Government instructed the body to...
Jun 19, 2019 The Law Commission reports on the SAR regime… but the position on cannabis investments remains unclear By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs The Law Commission published a 219-page Report on the Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) regime on Tuesday 18 June. SARs must be submitted...