A judgment released by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) suggests that MI6 (formally the Secret Intelligence Service which mostly operates outside the UK) and the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) “illegally authorised” its undercover operatives to engage in serious criminal activity in the UK.
A panel of thirteen international lawyers are beginning to draft plans to create a legally enforceable crime of “ecocide” which would join the ranks of serious international offences such as genocide, and war crimes in the battle against the illegal destruction of the environment.
The UK’s most senior counter-terrorism chief, Neil Basu, has warned that the country will be “less safe” if it fails to agree a security deal with the EU, resulting in limited access to joint EU resources and operations against serious organised crime.
Criminals are cashing in on coronavirus paranoia, using the internet to sell thousands of counterfeit hygiene products worldwide, but this presents a lucrative opportunity for IP lawyers to provide a modern solution to a modern problem.
On 16 July 2020, the American, British and Canadian governments accused Kremlin-associated hacking group Cozy Bear of attempting to steal coronavirus vaccine research.
Murder, 1st degree, 2nd degree... They seem to be everywhere, whether in US detective thrillers or more recently in the media regarding the sentences given to the officers responsible for the death of George Floyd. But what do they equate to in “real” (English and Welsh) law?
Hundreds of arrests have been made in the UK after EncroChat, a top-secret messaging service used by criminals, was infiltrated by police in France and the Netherlands.
A Filipino journalist is facing up to six years in prison after being found guilty of “cyber libel” for exposing government corruption and abuse of power.
On Friday 12 June, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (“SDT”) fined Baker McKenzie’s former London managing partner £55,000 for serious professional misconduct, having attempted to hug and kiss a junior lawyer in 2012 and improperly influence the subsequent investigation. The ruling shines a light on the dark problem of sexual misconduct happening behind City law firm’s flashy office entrances.
New research in Belgium shows that 5% of terrorists commit further terrorist offences, compared with the worldwide average rates of criminal recidivism (reoffending) which sits within a range between 40-60%.