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Baker & Partners invited members of Jersey's financial services industry to discover the implications of the newly passed Criminal Finances Act 2017 at a Breakfast Briefing Event - Prevention Better Than a Cure? with Advocate Simon Thomas on 11th May 2017.

It has involved collecting over 6 million documents in relation to over 1,000 companies located in complex structures onshore and offshore.

What authorities can prosecute business crimes, and are there different enforcement authorities at the national and regional levels?

What authorities can prosecute business crimes, and are there different enforcement authorities at the national and regional levels?

In preparation for the UK's Criminal Finances Act 2017, and in particular the new corporate criminal offence of failing to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion which comes into effect on 30 September 2017...

Ogier partner James Angus recently advised, in consultation with the Government of Jersey, on the form and ambit of the draft Criminal Justice (Deferred Prosecution Agreements) (Jersey)...

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has recently published a number of Consultation Papers, including a proposal to introduce a new corporate criminal offence of failing to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion.

Investigating and pursuing serious and complex fraud claims is about staying ahead of the game. Most serious frauds will have an international element, whether in the substantive action or in asset recovery.

Leaving aside the comparatively minor matters dealt with in the Magistrate’s Court, all prosecutions within Jersey are brought in the name of Her Majesty’s Attorney General for Jersey and by dint of modern practice are in the vast majority of cases prosecuted by a Crown Advocate.