BCL partner, Richard Reichman and solicitor, Suzanne Gallagher consider the effects and implications of the newly launched consultation on food allergen labelling.

On 1 April 2014 section 188 was amended by the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, which removed the requirement to prove the dishonesty element of the offence.

The UK All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Cannabidiol (CBD) Products has published ‘A Plan for a Legal and Regulated UK Hemp and Cannabis Sector'.

How does the UK's legal and financial establishment feel about the cannabis industry? The answer to that has changed significantly over the last few years, to the point that the FCA now contemplates their listing on the LSE.

BCL's Richard Sallybanks and Alex Swan look at how 2021 played out for the SFO and what lies ahead for the SFO in 2022.

The government's long-awaited response to a call for evidence on changing the basis for corporate criminal liability promises further analysis by the Law Commission...

Cum-ex trades are alleged to have defrauded European governments of billions of euros in the past few decades.

On 15 May 2020, the Court of Appeal handed down its decision in the case of ZXC v Bloomberg, upholding the decision of Mr Justice Nicklin that an article referencing a business crime investigation into the Claimant...

The National Crime Agency (NCA) has recovered almost £10 million worth of properties and cash from a Leeds-based businessman, Mr Mansoor Mahmood Hussain, in civil recovery proceedings emanating from an unexplained wealth order (UWO).

Following the Environment Secretary's announcement at the Conservative Party Conference this week that he will bring forward proposals for the Environment Agency to have the power to issue significantly higher civil penalties ...

Thames Water was fined £2.3 million at Aylesbury Crown Court on 26 February 2021, following a guilty plea in relation to a pollution incident in Henley-on-Thames.

BCL associate Suzanne Gallagher‘s article ‘You received a Hygiene Emergency Prohibition Notice: what to do next' has been published by Cleaning Hygiene today and Caterer Licensee Hotelier News.

In the latest of our legal guide series, BCL partner John Binns explains how money laundering cases originate and discusses the process for the early stages of an investigation.

BCL associate Umar Azmeh's article ‘Analysis of the whole life order imposed upon Wayne Couzens for the murder of Sarah Everard' has been published by The Barrister.

Julian Hayes and Greta Barkle discuss how social media platforms are used by fraudsters, the criminal sanctions already available to tackle the problem, and how regulators are joining forces to clean up the online space.

Robert Lawrie, Ewelina James, and Francesca Donno from the Civil Litigation team of BCL Solicitors, working with Faisal Osman of 33 Chancery Lane, have successfully defended a claim made against their clients.

Eagerly awaited, the draft Online Safety Bill (‘Bill'), has finally been published, delivering on the government's manifesto commitment to make the UK "the safest place in the world to be online".

BCL partner Julian Hayes's article examining the new Children's Code that came into effect this month as part of the Government's wider campaign to protect children from online harms has now been published by Police Professional.

The FCA's approach to crypto assets is a good example of the issues raised by the UK's complex system of financial conduct laws.

Is crime prevention becoming crime prediction? Suzanne Gallagher examines some recent developments in the application of predictive policing technology...