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On 30 November 2015, Lord Justice Leveson formally approved the UK's first deferred prosecution agreement ("DPA") since the legislative scheme for such arrangements came into force...

Today, the UK Ministry of Justice published the Guidance to the Bribery Act 2010 ("the Guidance"), and announced that the Act will come into force on 1 July 2011.

This case represents the latest in a serious of recent High Court decisions involving dishonesty in the presentation of claims.

The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act received Royal Assent on 26 July 2007. It is expected to come into force on 6 April 2008.

On 26 October 2023, the long anticipated Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (the "Act") was granted Royal Assent.

In a way, we are. We have learnt the outcome of some of the major investigations that were ongoing at the start of the year.

All persons doing business in the UK will need to consider the implications of the UK Bribery Act 2010 (the Act), which is scheduled to come into force on 1 July 2011.

The Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) 2002 is a piece of legislation that is designed to strip those who have been convicted or pleaded guilty to certain criminal offences of their 'ill-gotten' gains. For those who are convicted of offences in which they are considered to have 'benefited' from their particular criminal conduct, confiscation proceedings will likely be pursued

BCL partners John Binns and Tom McNeill explore the implications of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill 2022 for corporate crime lawyers In their recent article for LexisNexis...

The Ministry of Justice ("MoJ") has today launched an 8 week consultation on the "adequate procedures" guidance under the Bribery Act 2010 (the "Act"), which is due to be published by the Government in final form in early 2011.

The UK Serious Fraud Office has entered its second deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with a company accused of bribery.

The director of the SFO, David Green CB QC, was quoted as saying that he is "against businesses commissioning their own reports into allegations of serious misbehaviour".

In this briefing, we consider the key takeaways from the Corruption Perceptions Index published by Transparency International for 2025.

Last week Charles Forsyth and David Mabey, two former directors of UK engineering firm Mabey & Johnson Ltd, were found guilty by a Southwark Crown Court jury of making illegal payments to Iraq during 2001-2002 in breach of United Nations sanctions. They are to be sentenced on 23 February.

On Wednesday 5 September 2018, the Court of Appeal Civil Division delivered its judgment in the much-anticipated appeal of Director of the Serious Fraud Office v Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation [2018] EWCA Civ 2006.

This article covers the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation ("OFSI")'s recent reforms to UK financial sanctions enforcement, and the practical implications for businesses.

Claims to recover losses on derivatives are often as speculative as the trades themselves.

The number of enforcement actions, the number of jurisdictions within which enforcement actions have been brought, and the size and nature of fines and penalties have all increased significantly over the last few years.