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The High Court in Lonsdale v National Westminster Bank Plc considered the extent to which it was possible to obtain disclosure and/or inspection of suspicious activity reports (SARs) ...

International businesses operate in an increasingly complex matrix of jurisdictions and compliance regimes. Managing all these requirements across the world can present many challenges.

The Bribery Bill received Royal Assent on 8 April 2010 becoming the Bribery Act 2010 (the Act) and is due to come into effect in April 2011.

Companies House, the UK companies registry, has begun to crack down significantly on companies that make late account filings, with directors personally exposed to criminal prosecution and disqualification.

On 21 March 2018, the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") published a consultation document setting out its approach to enforcement for 2018.

In the United Kingdom, section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 gives the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) powers to serve a notice on companies or individuals compelling them to produce documents relevant to an SFO investigation.

The UK's Serious Fraud Office has introduced a significant change to its corporate cooperation framework, allowing companies considering self-reporting suspected criminal conduct to engage in preliminary discussions with the SFO's Director of Legal Services on an anonymous basis. While this new pathway offers corporates an opportunity to assess the SFO's potential response before committing to a formal self-report, the decision to engage with the agency—whether before or after self-reporting—rem

Authorities often struggle in cross-border investigations to get their hands on data that is located in other countries.

It is no great secret that criminal enforcement in the United Kingdom against corporations has lagged behind our counterparts in the United States and other jurisdictions.

Anyone who is a leader within an organisation, or has an interest in health and safety, will be following closely the trial due to take place in June involving Lion Steel Equipment Limited (charged with corporate manslaughter) and its three directors (charged individually with gross negligence manslaughter and health and safety failings).

The Home Office has updated its Transparency in Supply Chains guidance (the "Guidance") that assists businesses in complying with the Modern Slavery Act 2015 ("the 2015 Act") requirement ...

So, finally, the Guidance under the Bribery Act is with us and the requirement for businesses to have adequate anti bribery procedures in place comes into force as from 1st July 2011.

After five years in force the real risks to business arising from the UK Bribery Act 2010 are beginning to manifest.

The year ahead is already looking like it will prove to be both interesting and challenging for those detecting, preventing and responding to corporate crime.

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.

Two things, at least, are clear from the Law Commission's latest discussion paper on corporate criminal liability. The first is that there is a high degree of consensus (from those whose opinions...

Companies' compliance programmes have taken on increasing significance over recent years, with the introduction of a range of "failure to prevent" offences that can be committed irrespective of the company's involvement in...