Crime

Articles

Tax-related offending is never too far from the headlines

Niall Hearty, a Partner at Rahman Ravelli, looks at the fall in serious tax fraud and avoidance investigations by HM Revenue and Customs

Southport attacker sentenced for the murder of three children

Tim Kiely, a Criminal Barrister at Red Lion Chambers, asks whether more could have been done to prevent the attack in Southport in July 2024

The continued rise of sextortion and blackmail

In this article, Sandra Paul, a Partner at Kingsley Napley, looks at the rise of sextortion and blackmail, the legal landscape in regard to such offences and the need for the current protections to be reviewed and consolidated

INTERPOL is at a crossroads amid rising global repression

Ben Keith explores the need for reform within INTERPOL following the appointment of a new Secretary General

Learning lessons from the past: what hope for real change at the Post Office and continued public confidence in statutory inquiries?

As the Post Office Inquiry comes to a close, Catherine Hobby and Dr Elaine Yerby assess whether the proceedings will bring lasting change to the organisation and why reform at the Post Office is crucial for ongoing public confidence in public inquiries

The new offence of failure to prevent fraud: how businesses must prepare

Rachael Gregory explains how new fraud prevention laws will hold corporations strictly accountable for employee misconduct,

Legal aid: the need to re-grow from the desert

Dr Jo Wilding, a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Sussex, discusses the legal aid crisis in the UK and possible solutions to addressing access to justice challenges

The case for mandatory reporting laws in the UK

The Makin Review highlights systemic failures in safeguarding children and calls for a legal obligation to report child abuse, says Alan Collins