Crime

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The hidden epidemic: unreported fraud in the UK

Unreported fraud in the UK is a growing issue, requiring coordinated efforts to improve reporting, prevention, and victim support

Dual criminality and the reach of UK criminal law

Andrew Bird KC, Louisa Collins and Rebecca Hill examine a Supreme Court ruling that redefines dual criminality and reshapes the scope of UK extradition law

Will legal aid, as with so many other public services, simply be co-opted into a system of managed decline?

Daniel Newman, Professor in Law at Cardiff University, Emma Cooke, Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Kent, and Jess Mant, a Senior Research Fellow...

Domestic abuse, suicide and manslaughter

In this article, Laurence Toczek, considers the challenges faced by the Crown Prosecution Service in securing a manslaughter conviction in situations where domestic abuse and...

Managing seized crypto: are we missing an opportunity?

Matthew Cowie and Ulrich Schmidt review the most recent UK criminal justice crypto case of R v Boys, Caton and Robinson and conclude that despite...

Tackling tax evasion in the UK retail sector: a call for robust action

Lyndsey Frawley, a Partner and Barrister at Mishcon de Reya, provides a breakdown of the findings in the report on tax evasion in the UK...

Failing survivors: what is going wrong in tackling violence against women and girls

Sasha Rozansky, a Partner at Deighton Pierce Glynn, takes a look at the disappointing findings set out in the National Audit Office’s report on tackling...

The Public Accounts Committee's report on tax evasion in the retail sector

Adam Craggs and Jasprit Singh, from Reynolds Porter Chamberlain, share their thoughts on the Public Accounts Committee’s criticisms of HMRC’s approach to tax evasion in...