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The Government is examining the case for reform of the law on corporate liability for economic crime, and has commenced an open call for evidence.

Companies and their directors are subject to a panoply of legal requirements under the Companies Act 2006 and other legislation.

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Following Royal Assent for The Crime and Courts Act 2013 on 25 April 2013, DPAs are set to be introduced from February 2014.

Dechert lawyers have authored the United Kingdom chapter in the 2018 Global Investigations Review European, Middle Eastern and African Investigations Review.

In our Corporate Crime & Investigations podcast we look to bring you timely and incisive commentary on key developments in the CC&I space.

The Corporate Manslaughter Act 2007 was introduced to make it easier to prosecute companies which caused someone's death by their gross negligence.

The Crime and Policing Act 2026 (the “Act”) extends the application of senior manager attribution provisions from economic crimes to all criminal offences.

The law of corporate criminal liability does not reflect the 21st century commercial organisation.

Criminal investigations and prosecutions of both entities and their directors are on the increase across Europe and elsewhere.

One of the most significant elements that the UK Bribery Act introduces is the ‘corporate offence’ which extends the reach of UK enforcement agencies beyond personal liability to enable the prosecution of commercial organisations for failing to prevent a bribe.

Liam Lane's article in LexisNexis Corporate Crime analysis discusses a significant case involving the National Crime Agency (NCA) and its implications for future enforcement of sanctions breaches. The case suggests a potential shift towards stronger and more decisive actions by law enforcement agencies in addressing sanctions violations, with broader implications for how such breaches are handled moving forward.

The Financial Conduct Authority has successfully prosecuted two individuals for insider dealing, one for passing on inside information he acquired at work and the other for trading on the basis...

Royal Assent was granted to the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill on 26 July 2007. Organisations will need to review their procedures and systems to ensure they do not fall foul of the new offence created by the Act once it comes into force.

Following a December 2015 guilty plea to offenses under Section 7 of the U.K. Bribery Act, U.K.­-listed Sweett Group was ordered on February 19, 2016, to pay £2.25 million.

We have today published a guide to the Bribery Act 2010 which addresses the key questions our clients have been asking and which we hope you will find useful.

A third company has been convicted of corporate manslaughter under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007.

Last week we reported that a third company, Lion Steel Limited, had been convicted of corporate manslaughter under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007.