The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has recognised that the consumer investment market is not operating in a way that provides the best advice to consumers who are often offered unsuitable products.

On November 30, 2015, the UK Serious Fraud Office announced that its application for a Deferred Prosecution Agreement with Standard Bank Plc had been approved by Lord Justice Leveson at Southwark Crown Court.

Major sporting tournaments create a lucrative opportunity for counterfeiters who exploit eager fans seeking team merchandise. A recent Trading Standards raid in Edinburgh seized over 158,000 fake football shirts worth £5.5 million, highlighting the scale of counterfeit operations that undermine legitimate businesses, exploit workers, and potentially endanger consumers with substandard materials.

Two UK arms dealers, David Greenhalgh and Christos Farmakis, received 16-year prison sentences for illegally supplying prohibited military equipment to sanctioned destinations including Libya, Sudan, and South Sudan. The UK judiciary published detailed sentencing remarks outlining the court's reasoning, aggravating factors, and the unprecedented nature of these export control violations spanning seven years.

The so-called 'dark web' is a blight on the internet and often preys as much on those who use it as it does on society. That was certainly so in the case of a recluse who received a substantial...

It has been widely reported that complainants in cases involving allegations of rape and other sexual offences are being asked to complete consent forms and hand over their mobile phones to the police...

"Under Corruption" – Minimising your exposure to the risks of bribery and corruption within the construction industry

On 9 July 2018, the 5th Anti-Money Laudering Directive (MLD5) entered into force.

The FRC published its report on fraud risks and laws and regulations in audit.

The Charity Commission has issued a warning about increasingly sophisticated fraud attempts targeting charities and their trustees.

One of the recognised, but limited, exceptions to the obligations of an Issuing Bank or a Confirming Bank to make payments under an irrevocable letter of credit is where the bank is aware that the beneficiary of the credit is acting fraudulently in presenting documents under it.

On May 5, 2016, the FCA issued a final notice fining Mr. Mark Samuel Taylor for insider dealing and banning him from the UK financial services industry.

When Hampson Industries PLC sold one of its subsidiaries in the early hours of 23 June 2010, there was an email on the chief executive officer’s blackberry – apparently unread, although it was received on the previous afternoon - giving him formal notice that one of the subsidiary’s main customers would be switching to another supplier by the end of August.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has announced that an individual faces the first-ever prosecution under the UK’s new Bribery Act 2010, which came into force on 1 July 2011 and is widely regarded as the most stringent and draconian anti-corruption legislation in the world.

There have been a number of press reports in the last few days about Mabey Engineering (Holdings) Limited (Mabey) agreeing to pay the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) over £130,000 in recognition of sums it received through share dividends derived from unlawful conduct.

In AEI Life LLC v. Lincoln Benefit Life Co., No. 17-224, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 15485 (2d Cir. Jun. 8, 2018), a Trust purchased a $6.5 million life insurance policy on an individual.

A new scam has emerged directed at owners of domain names in the UK. Previously, individuals posing as domain name registrars in Asia have tried to deceive the owners of trade marks and of domain names into buying a series of domain names with suffixes such as .com.cn and .asia. The bogus registrar purports to have had instructions to register the victim's name.

Criminal trade mark offences can apply not only to the distribution and sale of counterfeit goods but also to ‘grey' goods, under the Supreme Court's ruling ...

Further to our earlier post on the UK’s seizure of the Smyrtos oil tanker, the UK’s National Crime Agency has announced that Indian national Ajay Pant, has been charged...

What happens when a disgruntled employee from a notorious brokerage firm decides to exercise their data protection rights? This podcast episode examines the intersection of privacy law and corporate misconduct through the lens of one of cinema's most infamous financial scandals, exploring how a simple data subject access request could have exposed a web of illegal activity.