The UK’s Serious Fraud Office ("SFO") has brought charges under the UK Bribery Act 2010 for the first time.

The European Union is implementing its most significant payment services reform in a decade through PSD3 and the Payment Services Regulation, merging payment and e-money regimes while introducing sweeping changes to fraud prevention and open banking. This webinar explores the key regulatory changes, their likely impact on financial institutions, and practical implementation strategies for navigating the new compliance landscape.

Dechert attorneys have contributed to the third edition of Practitioner's Guide to Global Investigations, a practical guide for in-house counsel on navigating the complex waters of global investigations.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") has sanctioned Dmitry Kudryakov, a Russian national, and Iryna Litviniuk, a Belarusian national, for their role in the Guatemalan mining sector...

Fake Companies House letters are asking for payments via QR code. We urge clients to stay vigilant and to be alert to these fraudulent requests.

Companies House has published an updated transition plan which sets out its expected timeline for the commencement of the remaining key provisions of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA).

The new Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) which received Royal Assent in October 2023 has made amendments to the previously introduced Economic Crime...

We are pleased to share with you the latest edition of "frESH Law Horizons: Key Developments in UK & EU Environment, Safety and Health Law, Procedure and Policy".

I am buying a house, but my new solicitor says I can't prove my idnetity because my passport has run out and I have no photo id.

This weekly update examines recent UK export control enforcement actions, including significant compound settlements paid by major exporters for regulatory violations. The summary covers recordkeeping failures and unlicensed exports of military-listed goods, highlighting the financial penalties imposed by HMRC.

UK tax authority HMRC has imposed its largest-ever compound settlement fine of £6.4 million on Airbus Operations Limited for sustained violations of strategic export control regulations. The aerospace manufacturer self-reported multiple breaches involving failures to maintain accurate records and registers required under its Open General Export Licences, marking a significant enforcement action in the UK's export controls regime.

Two individuals have been convicted on multiple counts of illegally exporting military hardware to sanctioned countries, breaching UK arms embargos through elaborate schemes involving fake documentation and circuitous transport routes. The case involves unlicensed sales of ex-Soviet military equipment including jets, missile systems, and assault rifles to Sudan, South Sudan, and Libya over a seven-year period.

Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the UK's sanctions regime underwent significant change at speed.

Last month we reported that the Court of Appeal (The Director of the SFO v Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Limited [2018] EWCA Civ 2006) ...

In the latest decision to consider the Quincecare duty, the Board of the Privy Council has confirmed that the duty is limited to protecting the customers of a bank...

In yesterday's webinar, Roger André and Richard Collier gave an update on non-party costs orders.

I'm alarmed at the mortgage fraud that I read about in the media, which seems especially common for properties...

In the first part in our series of videos on prominent legal topics for the past year, BCL partner Shula De Jersey discusses how DPAs have been used over the past year and how their use might...

In the second episode of our series focussing on Good Tax Governance, Hannah Manning from our tax team discusses the new corporate criminal offence of failure to prevent fraud (FTP).

Erwin Shustak, founder and Managing Partner of Shustak Reynolds & Partners, who for more than 30 years served as an arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority...