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ComparetheMarket has been fined £17.9 million by the Competition and Markets Authority for clauses in its contracts that breached competition law.

Under section 1 of the Corporate Homicide Act 2007, which came into force in April 2008, an organisation is guilty of corporate manslaughter if the way in which it manages or organises its activities causes a person's death and amounts to a gross breach of a relevant duty of care owed by the organisation to the deceased.

Nicola Sharp of business crime solicitors Rahman Ravelli believes more arrests could follow.

Rahman Ravelli's Syedur Rahman, who represented one of the acquitted, outlines the case.

The U.K. government has publicly raised the potential for new legislation making corporations liable for "failure to prevent" fraud or money-laundering offenses, contrary to an earlier stance on the issue.

After a long time of uncertainty and speculation, the Bribery Act 2010 finally became law today, 1 July 2011.

Rolls-Royce publically announced that it has provided information to the Serious Fraud Office in relation to bribery and corruption activities that have taken place overseas amongst its intermediaries.

The Crime and Policing Act 2026 (CPA) significantly expands the scope for criminal liability to be attributed to companies. Under section 250 of the CPA....

Earlier this month, the court approved the SFO's third and largest ever Deferred Prosecution Agreement (‘DPA'), which will require Rolls Royce Plc to pay over £600 million in fines and costs to various agencies.

Section 7 of the Bribery Act 2010 has not yet been deployed in anger. This is the section that makes it an offence for a commercial organization to fail to prevent bribery.

Nicola Sharp, of business crime solicitors Rahman Ravelli, believes that increased efforts to tackle corruption in sport mean the case is not going to be an isolated one.

In anticipation of the coming into force of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, the Sentencing Advisory Panel (the Panel) issued a Consultation Paper on Sentencing for Corporate Manslaughter to the Sentencing Guidelines Council (the Council) in November 2007.

On 6 August 2019 the UK Serious Fraud Office ("SFO") published its Corporate Co-operation Guidance which forms part of the SFO's internal Operational Handbook.

Anoushka Warlow, Partner and Associate, Amelia Clegg share their perspectives, six months on from the introduction of the “failure to prevent fraud” (FTPF) offence...

The fifth successful prosecution under corporate manslaughter legislation has been brought in the United Kingdom, against Princes Sporting Club Limited.

The Serious Fraud Office has dropped two investigations and spent millions on an unsuccessful prosecution. Neil Williams of business crime solicitors Rahman Ravelli looks at the pressures on the agency.

An advisory service is calling on company shareholders to blacklist a number of large audit firms because they are not doing enough to identify and tackle corporate fraud.