The Legal 500

Legal Developments in the UK

• CHALLENGING FCA ACCUSATIONS

  Nicola Sharp and Syedur Rahman explain how changes to the way the FCA investigates cases will make it easier for companies and individuals to negotiate the best possible outcome.
  - Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

• OBTAINING A DPA

  With deferred prosecution agreements (DPA’s) becoming more common, Aziz Rahman considers how a company under investigation can enhance its chances of obtaining one in order to avoid prosecution.
  - Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

• WHAT THE CRIMINAL FINANCES BILL MEANS FOR ASSET SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE

  Syedur Rahman and Nicola Sharp examine the changes likely when the Criminal Finances Bill becomes law.
  - Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

• THE POLICING AND CRIME ACT 2017

  Aziz Rahman talks through the Act’s implications for those in business in the UK.
  - Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

• TESCO: A QUESTION OF CORPORATE CRIMINAL LIABILITY?

  Aziz Rahman examines what the deferred prosecution agreement the supermarket giant has reached with the SFO may mean for other corporates.
  - Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

• THE LAUNDROMAT SAGA: THE FCA AND MONEY LAUNDERING RISKS

  With banks being investigated over alleged Russian money laundering, Aziz Rahman examines the precautions financial professionals must take.
  - Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

• Testing Times

  Why the VW emissions-testing scandal is as much about fraud, compliance and liability as it is about clean air.
  - Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

• Going to ground

  Arrests over alleged landfill tax fraud have put environment-related business crime in the spotlight. Aziz Rahman explains how such accusations can be challenged.
  - Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

• EXPLANATIONS NECESSARY

  Government moves to force people to justify the source of their wealth will make the right legal representation even more crucial.
  - Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

• ACT NOW

  One third of small and medium-sized businesses do not know about the Bribery Act. Here’s what you need to know to avoid falling foul of it.
  - Rahman Ravelli Solicitors