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Joshua Ray of business crime specialists Rahman Ravelli considers the challenge it faces.

After two rounds of consultation, the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules 2025 (New AML Rules) were made on 29 August 2025 alongside the Anti-Money Laundering...

The House of Lords dealt a massive blow to the government on 16 January 2006 by blocking the ID Cards Bill until the Home Office makes known the full costs of the bill public and allows the National Audit Office to scrutinise the scheme.

On 6 October 2021, Ofcom issued guidance for providers on measures to protect users from harmful material. Ofcom has been given new powers to regulate UK-based video-sharing platforms (VSPs), such as TikTok, Snapchat and Twitch.

Christopher Nolan's latest film, The Odyssey, raises an intriguing question: could the legendary Trojan Horse have been patented under modern UK or European patent law? This analysis explores the technical and legal challenges of protecting military inventions, from novelty requirements and publication restrictions to the tension between disclosure obligations and strategic secrecy.

The National Security and Investment Act (the "Act") will be a stand alone regime for government intervention and monitoring of acquisitions and investments for the purposes of protecting national security.

The UK Secretary of State recently imposed novel government step-in rights and other national security remedies on a major French company's acquisition of two UK businesses that supply naval propulsion systems...

On 10 September 2024, the UK Government published its third Annual Report on the operation of the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSIA).

There have been 222 notifications, 196 of which were mandatory notifications and 25 voluntary.

On 15 November 2021, the US Government alleged that the Russian Federation ("Russia") had that day conducted a test of a direct-ascent anti-satellite missile.

HM Treasury have announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), which was due to end on the 31 October 2020, has been extended.

On Monday 29 March 2021, the "stay at home" restrictions ended and are replaced by "stay in the UK" restrictions. Under new regulations, it will remain unlawful to leave the UK unless you fall...

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published new Market Guidance Notes on the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSI Act).

Suspected cases of money laundering and financing of terrorism are at an all-?me high in Germany

These ‘mirror trades' transferred billions in roubles originating in Russia to dollars paid into offshore companies based in Cyprus and the British Virgin Islands between 2011 and 2015.

The National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSIA) introduced a new standalone UK regime for the review of certain transactions and investments on national...

On 22 July 2025, the UK Government announced reforms to the UK's investment scrutiny regime under the National Security and Investment Act 2021.