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...

This year, in AlixPartners' 2021 Global Anticorruption Survey, 300+ respondents came from 20 industries worldwide and comprised compliance and risk management professionals as well as corporate counsel and other professionals ...

Robin draws on his extensive understanding of legal frameworks in other jurisdictions to provide a fascinating comparative guide to corporate criminal liability.

On March 27, 2018, the Financial Conduct Authority launched a consultation on adding a proposed chapter on insider dealing and market manipulation to its Financial Crime Guide.

The prosecution claimed that two cars were involved in a chase along Plumstead High Street, during which shots were fired from one vehicle towards the other.

The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has secured two convictions but failed with one prosecution in its latest interest rate manipulation case.

We've all heard it being said that one bad apple spoils the barrel.

A young college student faced a police investigation for alleged sexual assault without knowing why he was being contacted. Through careful preparation, strategic legal representation...

Contempt proceedings against the media are rare but on 12 May the High Court granted the Attorney General permission to proceed against the publishers of the Sun and Daily Mirror newspapers for contempt of court in relation to their reporting of the police investigation of the killing of Joanna Yeates in late December 2010.

The new corporate offence of failure to prevent fraud came into force on 1 September 2025.

The UK Government begins its consultation for potential changes to law on corporate criminal liability for economic crime

Royal Assent has been obtained for the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act.

The article goes on to address some of the potential unintended consequences that may transpire should some of the core sentencing provisions of the Bill be enacted into law.

The FCA fined Starling Bank nearly £29 million for failing to improve anti-money laundering protocols, making it the largest UK regulatory penalty this year, signaling strict enforcement on compliance failures.

Welcome to Financial CrimeCast. In this series, the Centre for Legal Leadership, supported by RPC, talks to leaders in the field of financial crime, compliance and ethics

The Serious Fraud Office has successfully prosecuted three individuals for a fraud worth approximately £23 million, including securing its first convictions under the Bribery Act 2010.

The Serious Fraud Office (the SFO) has secured its first convictions under the Bribery Act 2010 (the Act).

The National Crime Agency (NCA) has announced that it has made its first use of the new Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) regime, within four weeks of it coming into force.