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Is the anti-money laundering regime too vague? In this week’s NLJ, Jonathan Fisher KC, Red Lion Chambers, looks at two recent cases involving solicitors where the standards applied were assessed according to whether they were ‘adequate’ or ‘appropriate’.

Bats in court? It can only be the latest report from The Insider, AKA NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School.

The decision to remove the three-year primary limitation period for claims arising from child sexual abuse has been welcomed by abuse survivors, Richard Scorer, head of abuse law and public inquiries at Slater & Gordon, writes in this week’s NLJ.

A collaboration of more than 100 animal charities and campaigners have signed an open letter co-organised by a solicitor urging the Environment Secretary to bring the Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023 into effect.

Leading drug, alcohol and DNA testing laboratory, AlphaBiolabs, has made a £500 donation to Beatson Cancer Charity in Glasgow as part of its Giving Back campaign.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) appears to have ‘simply accepted’ Crown Court backlogs will continue to grow rather than taking the urgent action required, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has warned.

Possession of non-consensual intimate images (NCII) would become a criminal offence similar to that for child sexual abuse material, under proposals launched by a parliamentary committee.

The Lord Chancellor has announced an increase in judicial sitting days and a £28.5m budget boost for repairs to the court buildings.

Lawyers are failing to uphold ethical standards in a range of ways from misleading courts to misusing non-disclosure agreements, the Legal Services Board (LSB) has said.

The Sentencing Council has revised its guidance for magistrates and judges on the principles to follow when imposing community orders and custodial sentences.

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