Businesses need to prepare themselves now for the implementation of the new EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive (the Directive).

Following a consultation by the Scottish Government, the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2012 and the Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2012 have now been published.

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.

Judge considers whether fraudulent claim against insurer had been proven

Court holds that all risks cargo policy did not cover fraudulent documents for a non-existent cargo

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) ...

Court of Appeal considers the test for setting aside a notice of discontinuance

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 their second article, Jayne Elkins and Karen McGinley consider the remedies available to victims.

The Land Registry recognise that home owners who do not live in their properties are more likely to be targeted for property fraud than an owner occupier.

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).

Accounts at HSBC's Swiss banking operation may have been used to evade the payment of UK tax, it has been reported.

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...