In this issue we provide updates on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing news, both in the UK and internationally, covering the period from June 2019 to September 2019.

The UK Budget on 11 March 2020 included a levy – figure(s) yet to be determined - on regulated firms to help fund the fight against financial crime.

The emergence of both Ireland and the United Kingdom as the legal systems of choice for the resolution of complex cross-border commercial disputes...

The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries reported in October that insurers have seen a 10% reduction in the number of third-party injury claims.

The Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 received royal assent on 12.2.2015, although it is not yet known when it will come into force.

A defendant has been given an immediate sentence of nine months’ imprisonment for contempt of court in signing statements of truth on documents that he knew to contain untruths.

In this webinar Sarah McCann and Emma Hynes discuss the recent Commercial Court judgment of Discovery Land v Axis Specialty [2023] EWHC 779 and the application of the dishonesty exclusion...

On 8 April 2020, the High Court of Justice in London overturned three Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) following applications by the respondents to those orders.

In this webinar, Priya Gopal, Josh Griffin and William Golightly explore...

The UK Criminal Finances Act 2017 (the CFA) has been in force since 30 September 2017.

Stevens & Bolton is delighted to have co-hosted this London International Disputes Week session with 4 Pump Court. The discussion focuses on the abrupt shift to remote working across the world...

Since 30 September 2017, two new criminal offences relevant to the offshore world have been in force under the UK Criminal Finances Act.

Gerrallt Owen was quoted in a recent survey on corporate crime and money laundering, conducted by PWC and published by Thomson Reuters Compliance Complete.

Please view this webinar from Keltie LLP.

On December 21, 2016, Mark Lyttleton, formerly an Equity Portfolio Manager at BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited, was sentenced to 12 months jail...

On 21 June 2018, the House of Lords Select Committee on the Bribery Act 2010 called for evidence for its scrutiny of the Bribery Act.

Last week the UK government announced plans to launch a new national economic crime centre (NECC), which promises to tackle ‘the most serious cases of economic crime'.

Join Robert Hunt, Miriam Everett, Stephanie Barrett and Ali Grodzki for the third episode of our investigations podcast series where they discuss data issues...

In this video, BCL partner John Binns explains the complex and often misleading nature of confiscation law under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 ("POCA").

In this video, Sam clarifies UK deportation laws related to criminal offences, discussing how sentence lengths impact deportation outcomes and key exceptions like private life, partner, and child considerations. He emphasizes the importance of early submissions to the Home Office for legal help