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Director fraud is a term that most people in certain areas of the business world are likely to have come across at least once or twice. Whether in newspapers or compliance documentation, it’s an important concern that relatively few have in-depth insights into.  In...

Being the subject of a police investigation can be more than just slightly stressful. There are a whole host of factors that can have an immense impact on your ability to live your life, not least the sentence you might receive should you be found guilty.  It can make...

It might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think about crime, but fraud is the most common offence that’s committed in the UK. As more and more of our personal and professional lives become integrated with and dependent on the digital world, an...

As members of society, we expect to be afforded a certain level of privacy in our day-to-day lives. The main contexts in which this right to privacy may not apply are often when we come face to face with the state in some way.  Whether that’s during a tax audit or...

Most of us primarily hear about stalking in the context of its more colloquial usage. As a result, even if we are relatively familiar with the idea of stalking, very few people have an understanding of how the offence is defined in a more formal, legal context. If you...

In the UK, there are a large number of different sexual offences that have been designed to keep people safe. One of these is indecent exposure, but very few people are actually aware of how the offence operates, or how someone would be charged or sentenced following...

In the UK, there is a broad legal framework that has been designed and implemented with the overarching aim of keeping children safe from sexual abuse.  This framework includes a wide variety of acts, from those involving the abuse of children themselves to those...

Most people are familiar with the concept of bail through its treatment in popular culture, particularly in American films and TV series. While bail does also exist in the UK, it functions in a very different way, and it’s important to be aware of those differences if...

Wiretapping is something that most of us have seen in spy movies and in mob dramas. While it’s common enough to come across these practices in popular culture, it’s relatively rare that we’re confronted with them in our day-to-day lives.  That right to privacy can,...

Being investigated or charged for drug-related offences can be an incredibly stressful situation to find yourself in. Not only is there a lot of stigma surrounding drug charges, but it’s also a very easy situation to find yourself in, and one that can quickly become...