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In the recent cases of R v Rollins and R v McInerney, the Court of Appeal has upheld the FSA’s power to prosecute offences beyond those expressly set out in the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the "Act"), including money laundering offences under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 ("POCA").

The Crime and Policing Act 2026 introduces a universal senior manager attribution test that fundamentally reshapes corporate criminal liability in the UK, creating a "DPA gap" where most newly captured offences lack deferred prosecution agreement pathways and extending reach to overseas organisations whose senior managers have UK-law exposure. This analysis examines the structural consequences of section 250, its international dimension, and how it contrasts with the failure to prevent framework that offers

The UK Crime and Policing Act 2026 introduces automatic corporate criminal liability through section 250, eliminating traditional defences when senior managers commit offences. Through three detailed case studies spanning technology, manufacturing, and international finance, this analysis demonstrates how organisations across sectors now face unprecedented exposure for conduct ranging from computer misuse to cartel behaviour, regardless of their compliance frameworks or geographic location.

The Queen's Speech on 18 November 2009 marked the end of an era in respect of anti-bribery and corruption laws in the UK.

In late 2008, FSA began a review of anti-bribery and corruption systems and controls in commercial insurance broker firms. On Friday, FSA published its interim findings explaining that there will be a short delay before publication of its final report.

As mentioned in our July 2017 edition of UK Tax Round Up, the UK has enacted a new corporate criminal offence of failing to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion.

New Corporate Offences Of Failure To Prevent The Criminal Facilitation Of Tax Evasion.

On October 1, 2026, the Department of Justice’s National Fraud Enforcement Division (“Fraud Division”) released Directive 26-12 (“Directive”). The Directive reshapes how federal prosecutors approach corporate fraud. Focusing on the priority areas the Fraud Division announced in a previous memorandum authored by Assistant Attorney General, Colin McDonald

Although asset freezes under POCA and financial sanctions laws (latterly SAMLA) have been around for some time, the expansion of scope this year of the RSRs has vastly increased the potential...

In March 2011 the government published a lengthy consultation paper which set out proposals for a wide-ranging reform of the UK competition regime.

The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 come into force on 1 October 2006 and, subject to some significant points of detail, broadly follow the pattern of other anti-discrimination regimes. It will now be unlawful not only to discriminate directly or indirectly against a person based upon their age, but also on the basis of their ‘perceived’ age – a concept that could prove difficult to apply in practice.

The long awaited outcome in the Cotswold Geotechnical (Holdings) Ltd case was delivered on Tuesday when members of the jury at Winchester Crown Court found the company guilty under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007. The company had denied the charge of corporate manslaughter.

The appropriate relationship between private businesses and government customers, including state-controlled companies, remains unclear in the international context.

On 5 February, the UK Serious Fraud Office ("SFO") and the US Department of Justice ("DoJ") simultaneously announced that they had reached a global settlement with defence giant, BAE Systems plc ("BAE"), bringing to an end a series of long-running and controversial global corruption investigations.

It has long been a problem for criminal prosecutors that corporate crime is difficult to detect. The criminal act can remain concealed and the effects

On 10 June 2022, the UK Law Commission published the results of its review into the laws that govern corporate criminal liability in the UK and its proposals to reform them.

On June 15, 2023, the UK Government announced that it would seek to introduce the biggest reform of corporate criminal liability in England and Wales for more than 50 years.

The Crime and Policing Act 2026 (CPA 2026), which received Royal Assent on 29 April 2026, will significantly extend corporate criminal liability from 29 June 2026...