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Just £1 in Every £6,000 of Criminal’ “Dirty Cash” Gets Seized

21st February 2018
Just one pound in every £6,120 netted by organised criminals is recovered by the CPS, according to research by Fortytwo Data. A third of a billion pound was seized from convicted criminals, including money launderers, drug offenders and fraudsters, by the Crown Prosecution Service over the last five years. But rising fraud is estimated to cost […]
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Your Thoughts: Police Brutality & Corruption

20th February 2018
In recent news, it was reported that a federal jury found two Baltimore police officers guilty of corruption for robbing city residents. Their stealing of seized guns, cash and drugs for resale also corrupted many other cases. Lawyer Monthly reached out to legal experts this week and below lists several responses to some of the […]
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The SFO Needs Fresh Blood

19th February 2018
SFO specialist journalist Dominic Carman here discusses with Lawyer Monthly the SFO's dire need for new leadership. Discussing the current handover of authority within the organisation, Dominic also touches on the prospects of criticism surrounding the SFO in the near future. Alongside the bankers, lawyers and wealthy business men, no one from the Serious Fraud […]
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Is the Pension Protection Fund Working?

16th February 2018
With the potential transfer of the Carillion pension schemes to the Pension Protection Fund (PPF), the PPF has been much in the news recently. Below Philip Woolham, Senior Associate at Bevan Brittan LLP, explains the ins and outs of the fund, touching on some of the challenges faced. The PPF is an important part of […]
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How VAT Will Work Post-Brexit?

14th February 2018
We cannot underestimate how fundamental the issue of VAT is in Brexit negotiations. If the changes made to the Cross-border trade bill last Monday were to enter the UK’s legal framework after it leaves the customs union, the impact on over 130,000 of the UK’s firms would be catastrophic. Below, Gareth Kobrin, CEO of VAT […]
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Your Thoughts: Employment Rights Overhaul

13th February 2018
The UK government recently announced an overhaul of employment rights designed to improve conditions for millions of workers, including those in the gig economy. This is in response to last year’s Taylor Review into working practices. The changes are intended to give workers the power to force companies to follow the law, while enabling businesses […]
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Tax-Payer Should Not Fork Out to “Reinvent” the CJEU

13th February 2018
British tax-payers should not be asked to foot the Bill to set up an alternative to the European Court of Justice (CJEU) unless there are tangible benefits to the quality of justice, a Bar Council Brexit expert has told Peers as he warned against “reinventing the wheel.” Giving evidence to the House of Lords EU […]
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