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McGrigors LLP | Businesses Warned Over Carloway Proposals
McGrigors says that businesses, particularly in the oil and gas, financial services and construction industries, are increasingly coming into contact with criminal law as a result of a hardening enforcement environment. Recent laws which criminalise
Updated: 11/21/2011 06:01A
FSA's financial crime guide – helpful or not?
Fraud requirements, under the Fraud Act 2006, and many other criminal and civil law requirements. Anti-Bribery and corruption compliance, including, but not limited to, the Bribery Act. Specifically, the Guide is not intended to conflict with the
Updated: 11/21/2011 05:54A
Libya: Saif Gaddafi and Abdullah Senussi await justice
"We have the same courts here. We could put him on trial here – why not?" The Zintan brigade, which spearheaded the push on Tripoli in August, is resented in Tripoli in particular for its determination to hold on to its weapons, leading to a number of
Updated: 11/21/2011 05:54A
Maharaj 'barking up wrong tree' in charging journalists
News that presidency spokesperson Mac Maharaj's attorneys laid charges against the Mail & Guardian and two of its journalists on Saturday comes as a bit of a surprise. The M&G reports that attorneys acting on behalf of Maharaj, laid charges against Sam
Updated: 11/21/2011 05:45A
First Saif is not safe, now Gaddafi's spy-boss behind bars
While ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo is expected to arrive in Libya imminently, he may well not be able to persuade Libyan authorities to hand Saif al-Islam and Senussi over for trial in The Hague. The ICC is, after all, “a court of last resort” and
Updated: 11/21/2011 05:29A
Maharaj's legal bid 'a bit of a surprise'
News that Presidency spokesperson Mac Maharaj's attorneys laid charges against the Mail & Guardian and two of its journalists on Saturday comes as a bit of a surprise. The M&G reports that attorneys acting on behalf of Maharaj, laid charges against Sam
Updated: 11/21/2011 05:27A
Dan Linssen column: State law makes sense in defending home and family
According to a memo sent to lawmakers by the criminal law section of the State Bar of Wisconsin, a contingent of trial lawyers objects that this bill provides a defense for irrational people who might shoot trick-or-treaters, among other assertions.
Updated: 11/21/2011 05:13A
Gadhafi's son, spymaster face Libyan justice
TRIPOLI: Moamer Kadhafi's son Seif al-Islam and his spymaster Abdullah Senussi were on Monday both behind bars as Libya's new leaders moved to bring the former regime's two most wanted men to justice. The National Transitional Council,
Updated: 11/21/2011 05:08A
Kadhafi's son, spymaster face Libyan justice, Libya, news, StarAfrica.com
Moamer Kadhafi's son Seif al-Islam and his spymaster Abdullah Senussi were on Monday both behind bars as Libya's new leaders moved to bring the former regime's two most wanted men to justice. The National Transitional Council, Libya's interim authority
Updated: 11/21/2011 05:07A
Just one in four teenage muggers is locked up as vast majority of youth
Any incentive for young offenders to clean up their act is fading under our soft touch justice system, with serious punishment becoming a rarity. A mere one in 15 under-18s who have been caught committing a crime have been imprisoned in the past year,
Updated: 11/21/2011 04:57A
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