BCL partner, John Binns has been announced as a speaker at Cannabis Europa London 2019, discussing the legal issues facing the European cannabis industry today, analysing the developments of the last 12 months and looking at how medicinal cannabis has permeated the mainstream.
BCL partner, Shaul Brazil, who is currently co-chairing a session at the International Bar Association Transnational Crime Conference in Buenos Aires, has been quoted in The Times discussing the session and it’s topic of Extradition.
BCL’s Paul Morris and David Hardstaff are quoted in an article from The Law Society Gazette, discussing recent reports of complainants being asked to hand over digital data in investigations.
BCL partner, John Binns writes for LexisNexis discussing the key aspects of Corruption Watch’s report, ‘The Corporate Crime Gap: How the UK lags behind the US in policing corporate financial crime’.
Following from the recent BCL article discussing digital data requested in investigations, BCL partner, Paul Morris was quoted in an article from The Times on the uses of this data in trials.
BCL’s Paul Morris and David Hardstaff discuss recent reports on digital data requested in investigations.
BCL partner, Shaul Brazil, will co-chair the session on Extradition, Politics and the Rule of Law at the IBA (International Bar Association) Transnational Crime Conference in Buenos Aires on 15-17 May 2019.
After careful consideration of the concerns raised by complainants and certain MPs, the government rightly decided a change was necessary in order to strengthen this particular area of sexual offences within criminal law.
The range of powers available to investigators under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) is extensive. While there is some overlap with powers available for other investigations, the fact that a case involves one of the issues with which POCA is concerned makes a significant difference to what investigators can do.
The shock of a criminal conviction, and/or a harsher than expected sentence, can make it hard to think clearly about the options for what to do next. Where a trial and mitigation has been carefully and properly prepared, the advisers who have helped throughout the case will usually be the best placed to say whether there are grounds for an appeal. In some cases the defendants and their family members will want to take a second opinion, but this is never cheap or easy, and time is always of the essence.