On 21 July 2014, the Serious Fraud Office, which has been collecting information over the past few months, opened a criminal investigation into allegations of fraudulent conduct in the foreign exchange market.

The Serious Fraud Office ("SFO") announced today that Barclays and four former senior executives have been charged with conspiracy to commit fraud and the provision of unlawful financial assistance.

The SFO has today announced its 13th deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with Ultra Electronics Holdings Ltd (formerly Plc) (Ultra) in relation to a failure to prevent bribery.

"In March 2019, Corruption Watch published a report highlighting the disparity between corporate prosecutions in the UK and the US for certain financial crimes that precipitated the 2008 financial

On 28 March 2017, the FCA announced that Tesco plc and Tesco Stores Limited ("Tesco") had agreed to committing market abuse in relation to a trading update published on 29 August 2014.

The ECCTA is introducing wide-ranging reforms aimed, among other things, at tackling economic crimes (which the Government says make up over 40% of crime in the UK).

The Secretary of State has used its power under the Digital Economy Act 2017 to create a new criminal offence targeting ticket bots.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has faced repeated disclosure issues, leading to acquittals. Neil Swift and Fred Kelly argue that the problem stems from the SFO's attitude towards the disclosure system, not the system itself, despite calls for reform.

Aziz Rahman of financial crime solicitors Rahman Ravelli emphasises the importance of companies doing the same.

In what would be a surreal headline only a few years ago, it was recently announced that JK Rowling – author of the multimillion selling Harry Potter novels...

The Crime and Policing Act 2026 introduces a universal senior manager attribution test that holds organizations criminally liable for offenses committed by their senior managers. This regime, already in effect since June 2026, poses significant risks for private credit managers whose senior personnel are directly involved in deal approval, portfolio monitoring, and workout activities across UK-connected transactions.

As the UK edges closer to the Brexit cliff edge Parliament has arranged for a large number of statutory instruments to be drafted to address the gaps created by the UK's withdrawal from the EU and enable "legal and operational certainty".

In an important decision given on February 21, 2018, a jury in English court proceedings has considered for the first time what "adequate procedures"...

For the first time, the UK has proposed a specific and detailed sentencing regime for corporations involved in bribery, fraud and other economic crimes.

The Crime and Policing Bill, which has recently had its second reading in Parliament, is set to introduce a range of measures to tackle anti-social behaviour...

BCL associate Umar Azmeh's Case Comment on R v Field (Benjamin Luke) [2021] EWCA Crim. 380 has been published in the latest edition of the Criminal Law Review.

BCL associate Umar Azmeh's case comment on R v Jex and others [2021] EWCA Crim. 1708 has been published in the latest edition of the Criminal Law Review.

BCL associate Umar Azmeh's case comment on R v T [2022] EWCA Crim. 108 has been published in the latest edition of the Criminal Law Review.

On 11 February 2011, the Home Office released their proposals for reform of the Vetting and Barring Scheme (the ‘VBS') and criminal record regime.

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