Greta Barkle

21Jun2021

‘Making the UK the safest place in the world’ – Greta Barkle and Guevara Leacock discuss the Online Safety Bill with The Law Society Gazette

21st June 2021

Greta Barkle, Guevara Leacock, News, News & Insights

BCL associate Greta Barkle and legal assistant Guevara Leacock’s latest article discussing the draft Online Safety Bill has been published by The Law Society Gazette.

1Jun2021

The Online Safety Bill – Does It Go Far Enough? – Greta Barkle and Guevara Leacock write for Lawyer Monthly

1st June 2021

Charlie Smith

Cyber Crime, Greta Barkle, Guevara Leacock, News, News & Insights

BCL associate Greta Barkle and legal assistant Guevara Leacock’s article ‘The Online Safety Bill – Does It Go Far Enough?’ has been published by Lawyer Monthly.

19May2021

Online Harms – Damned if They Do, Damned if They Don’t? Greta Barkle and Guevara Leacock write for InfoSecurity

19th May 2021

Charlie Smith

Greta Barkle, Guevara Leacock, News, News & Insights

BCL associate Greta Barkle and legal assistant Guevara Leacock‘s article, analysing the long-awaited Online safety Bill, has been published by InfoSecuriy.

18May2021

The Online Safety Bill – does it go far enough? Greta Barkle and Guevara Leacock write for The Barrister

18th May 2021

Charlie Smith

Greta Barkle, Guevara Leacock, News, News & Insights

BCL associate Greta Barkle and legal assistant Guevara Leacock analyse the long-awaited Online safety Bill for The Barrister Magazine.

17Dec2020

Online platforms no longer “able to mark their own homework”

17th December 2020

Charlie Smith

Data Protection, Greta Barkle, Insights, Julian Hayes, News & Insights

The Government has published its long-awaited response to its Online Harms consultation. Confirming the intention to impose a duty of care to keep users safe online, the Secretary of State told Parliament online platforms “will no longer be able to mark their own homework”.

21Oct2020

Online Harms Regulation – Sanctions But Not Criminal Liability?

21st October 2020

Duncan Edgecombe

Cyber Crime, Data Protection, Greta Barkle, Insights, News & Insights

In April 2019, the UK published an Online Harms White Paper proposing a broad new statutory duty of care for social media companies and platform providers to tackle widespread concerns about a host of online issues, from terrorist and child sexual abuse content to cyber bullying and trolling. More than 18 months on, BCL’s Greta Barkle asks where have the proposals got to?

6Oct2020

Social media regulation: a new champion steps up

6th October 2020

Charlie Smith

Greta Barkle, Insights, Julian Hayes, News & Insights

Julian Hayes and Greta Barkle discuss how social media platforms are used by fraudsters, the criminal sanctions already available to tackle the problem, and how regulators are joining forces to clean up the online space.

5Aug2020

The future of the UK’s Serious Fraud Office – Jonathan Flynn and Greta Barkle write for Compliance Matters

5th August 2020

Charlie Smith

Greta Barkle, Jonathan Flynn, News, News & Insights

BCL associates Jonathan Flynn and Greta Barkle’s article ‘The future of the UK’s Serious Fraud Office‘ has been published by Compliance Matters.

23Jul2020

Policing the police – the ICO’s analysis of police use of mobile phone extraction

23rd July 2020

Duncan Edgecombe

Corporate Crime, Data Protection, Greta Barkle, Julian Hayes, News, News & Insights

BCL partner Julian Hayes and associate Greta Barkle in an article for LexisNexis PSL, analyse the findings of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on the use of phone extraction by police forces.

14Jun2020

Emerging from COVID-19: an opportunity for prosecutors?

14th June 2020

Charlie Smith

FCA Investigations, Greta Barkle, Insights, Jonathan Flynn, News & Insights, Serious Fraud

Criminal lawyers are always asked by their clients how long they think an investigation or prosecution into allegedly serious offending will take. Even before the outbreak of COVID-19, in a justice system crippled by budget cuts and beset with inefficiencies, the answer would nearly always be measured in years.