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A serious mistake? The SRA’s slim route to success in the Dentons AML case
31 January, 2025On Wednesday the High Court heard an appeal between the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and Dentons UK and Middle East LLP (Dentons) which raises fundamental questions about how lawyers are…
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New money for aid-funded enforcement – how far will it go?
31 January, 2025In a welcome move for the UK’s aid-funded enforcement efforts, in December last year the Foreign Secretary announced that the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) will extend its funding…
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Foreign donors: Parliamentary pressure grows for ambitious reforms to the UK’s political finance regime
23 January, 2025Galvanised by the prospect of foreign donors – including a certain US-based tech billionaire – potentially contributing to UK political parties, over the last two weeks more than a dozen…
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New Bill aims to restore public trust in our politics and fix the UK’s broken system of ethics regulation
23 January, 2025Yesterday the House of Lords saw the first reading of a crucial Private Members’ Bill* which would significantly improve ethics regulation in government. The Public Service (Ethics, Integrity and Independence)…
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Solicitors’ tribunal finds against lawyer for stifling public scrutiny – an early test case for SLAPPs
20 December, 2024The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has today found against a lawyer for improperly stifling public scrutiny, following a complaint that he engaged in legal tactics broadly referred to as Strategic Lawsuits…
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New Spotlight report analyses crippling delays in economic crime cases
19 December, 2024Today Spotlight on Corruption releases ‘Back of the courtroom queue’, a report by former Chief Crown Prosecutor Andrew Penhale on the immensely damaging impact that the crisis in the UK…
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