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As the dust settles on the UK's vote last week to leave the EU, it is becoming clear that the key to understanding the implications will be the terms of our new trading relationship with the EU...

Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings Ltd has lost an appeal against conviction for corporate manslaughter. The BBC reports that the Court also upheld the company’s £385,000 fine at the Court of Appeal in London last week.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has achieved its first successful convictions under the Bribery Act.

The next raft of provisions from the Criminal Finances Act 2017 (CFA) have come into effect today, 31 October 2017.

According to Neil Williams, of business crime solicitors Rahman Ravelli, the study is sure to fuel the growing dissatisfaction with corporations that go to any lengths to pay minimal tax.

In January 2017, the UK Government issued a consultation paper calling for evidence on reforming corporate criminal liability for economic crime. Nearly four years later, on 3 November 2020...

Corporate criminal liability in England and Wales has undergone significant expansion over the past year, from the introduction of the failure to prevent fraud offence to sweeping reforms in the Crime and Policing Act 2026. This comprehensive guide examines the key developments between September 2025 and September 2026, analyzing their practical implications for organizations navigating an increasingly complex enforcement landscape.

Following an earlier call for evidence in 2017, the Law Commission has been tasked with considering options to reform the law on when and how companies should be held liable for criminal offences.

The Crime and Policing Act 2026 fundamentally transforms corporate criminal liability in the UK by making companies liable for any criminal offense committed by senior managers acting within their authority.

The enactment of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 on 29 April 2026 marks a significant development in UK corporate criminal law. The Act introduces a material expansion in the scope of corporate criminal liability...

Last week the Attorney General, Jeremy Wright, confirmed that the Government intends to introduce a new criminal offence for corporations that ‘fail to prevent' economic crimes, such as false accounting and fraud.

The next round of the consideration of the new failure to prevent fraud offence (the FTPF Offence), proposed as part of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency...

Kim Nihill writes that companies must help fight modern slavery or face severe reputational damage.

At a hearing on November 30, 2015, Southwark Crown Court approved the first deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) in the UK.

Neil Williams of corporate crime solicitors Rahman Ravelli criticises what he sees as a lack of joined-up thinking.

Neil Williams of business crime solicitors Rahman Ravelli understands the bank's motivation for taking such an approach.

Syedur Rahman of business crime solicitors Rahman Ravelli commends Microsoft's efforts but says it still faces a challenge.