The manufacture, marketing and supply of medicinal cannabis products raise complex regulatory issues in the jurisdiction where those activities take place.

BCL partner John Binns and associate Umar Azmeh's article ‘The Bribery Act: The First 10 Years' has been published in the October edition of The Barrister Magazine.

BCL partner John Binns' article ''Money Laundering and Law Enforcement: The Options for UK Investigators'' has now been published in Money Laundering Bulletin.

BCL Solicitors', Greta Barkle considers the recent appointment of INTERPOL's new President, Mr Kim Jong Yang of the Republic of Korea.

Near the end of a cold, grim January in the UK, the Minister of State for Crime and Policing, Kit Malthouse MP, wrote to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.

On 26 April the SFO's prosecution of two former directors of Serco Geografix Ltd ("SGL") collapsed. Unsurprisingly this case has re-ignited questions as to whether the SFO is fit for purpose...

On 3 July 2025, Sean Combs fell to his knees when he was acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeer conspiracy (and convicted of the two lesser counts of transportation to engage in prostitution).

Following an earlier call for evidence in 2017, the Law Commission has been tasked with considering options to reform the law on when and how companies should be held liable for criminal offences.

Do health & safety duties in the workplace pave the way for failure to prevent fraud? In his article for New Law Journal, BCL partner, Tom McNeill sets out the possible routes ahead.

BCL partner John Binns has produced a practice note for LexisNexis discussing anti-bribery and criminal law in the life sciences sector.

I started out as a legal secretary in a legal aid criminal defence firm. After a few years, I realised this was where my passion lay and decided to qualify as a solicitor, undertaking my legal studies part-time...

With the SFO operating under a shadow cast by the independent reviews being conducted by Sir David Calvert-Smith and Brian Altman QC, BCL partner Richard Sallybanks and senior...

Financial crime is a costly business, both in terms of the damage it does to victims, society, and the state, and in terms of the efforts put in to detecting, disrupting, and punishing it, which are largely funded...

BCL partner John Binns' article discussing the NCA's head of the Financial Intelligence Unit's comments, calling for further reform of the system for flagging potential money laundering...

A new register for foreign companies that own land in the UK is the latest idea for tackling dirty money in the system.

To say that this has been a game-changing year in UK sanctions would be an understatement. Almost a year since the start of the conflict in Ukraine, BCL partner John Binns writes for LexisNexis reflecting...

Robert Lawrie, working with Faisal Osman of 33 Chancery Lane, has successfully obtained summary judgment defeating a claim against their client, a respected solicitor.

The dust has not yet settled on the Information Commissioner's fine imposed on British Airways (BA) in October 2020, but the company now faces the largest group claim over a data breach in the UK's history.

BCL partner Julian Hayes and associate Suzanne Gallagher's article ‘Algorithmic policing – "Trust is a must, not a nice to have"‘ has been published by Global Data Review.

While crypto-assets are intangible, they can still be considered as ‘'property'' and their value fluctuates significantly. They can also be used to commit fraud, to evade tax...