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Michelle de Kluyver, Nichola Peters & Harriet Territt discuss whether the Economic Crime & Corporate Transparency Bill creates a new breed of corporate criminal liability in the UK

Rona Epstein & Hugh Williams report on the background & history of sentencing a parent of dependent children

Former JUSTICE director Roger Smith hunts out the serious points among the ‘tittle tattle’ of former prisons minister Rory Stewart’s heavily promoted book, in his NLJ column this week

The government will legislate to create a presumption that sentences of less than 12 months should be suspended, the Lord Chancellor, Alex Chalk has told MPs

The Crown Court backlog has hit a record high of more than 65,000 cases, the latest figures reveal

Andrew Malkinson’s exoneration highlights why a dysfunctional CCRC needs a reset, says Jon Robins

After the miscarriage of justice in the case of Andrew Malkinson, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) needs a reset, Jon Robins, NLJ columnist, writes in this week’s issue

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has updated its guidance for prosecutors on the public interest considerations when dealing with ‘mercy killings’ and failed suicide pacts

Rounding up their series on economic crime in the UK, Kate Bridgland, Oliver Cooke & Richard Marshall assess the potential of the proposed ‘failure to prevent fraud’ offence

The proposed ‘failure to prevent fraud’ offence is intended to close loopholes in existing legislation, but does it go far enough?

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Arc Pensions Law—Richard Meers

Pensions litigation team announces senior associate hire

Burges Salmon—Neil Demuth

Firm appoints new chief financial officer

Anthony Collins—Sue Bearman

Social purpose firm announces director hire plus eight promotions

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AlphaBiolabs donation boosts men’s mental health charity Sean’s Place

AlphaBiolabs has made a £500 donation to Sean’s Place, a men’s mental health charity based in Sefton, as part of its ongoing Giving Back initiative

Tribute to Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC

Human rights lawyers, social justice champion, co-founder of the law firm Bindmans, and NLJ columnist Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC has died at the age of 92 years

NLJ this week: Law Society calls for clarity on AML

The government’s plan to introduce a Single Professional Services Supervisor could erode vital legal-sector expertise, warns Mark Evans, president of the Law Society of England and Wales, in NLJ this week

NLJ this week: Turning corporate liability into opportunity

Writing in NLJ this week, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers argues that the ‘failure to prevent’ model of corporate criminal responsibility—covering bribery, tax evasion, and fraud—should be embraced, not resisted

NLJ this week: A prince no more?

Professor Graham Zellick KC argues in NLJ this week that, despite Buckingham Palace’s statement stripping Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of his styles, titles and honours, he remains legally a duke

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Criminal

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Arc Pensions Law—Richard Meers

Burges Salmon—Neil Demuth

Anthony Collins—Sue Bearman