"In March 2019, Corruption Watch published a report highlighting the disparity between corporate prosecutions in the UK and the US for certain financial crimes that precipitated the 2008 financial

The government announced in its latest budget plans to introduce a new £100m levy on companies to fight economic crimes.

In what would be a surreal headline only a few years ago, it was recently announced that JK Rowling – author of the multimillion selling Harry Potter novels...

BCL associate Umar Azmeh's Case Comment on R v Field (Benjamin Luke) [2021] EWCA Crim. 380 has been published in the latest edition of the Criminal Law Review.

BCL associate Umar Azmeh's case comment on R v Jex and others [2021] EWCA Crim. 1708 has been published in the latest edition of the Criminal Law Review.

BCL associate Umar Azmeh's case comment on R v T [2022] EWCA Crim. 108 has been published in the latest edition of the Criminal Law Review.

BCL partner John Binns explains Unexplained Wealth Orders, their uses, their impact and how we can deal with them as they become more common in the future.

The government's announcement that Ofwat will be abolished and replaced by a new "super regulator" has been described as one of the most significant shake-ups of water regulation in decades.

It is well known by now that of the new powers added to the UK's Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) by the Criminal Finances Act 2017 (CFA)...

BCL associate Umar Azmeh spoke at a cross-party webinar for peers in the House of Lords on sentencing, hosted by the Right Reverend Rachel Treweek, Bishop of Gloucester and Anglican Bishop for HM Prisons in England and Wales

BCL Partners John Binns and Michael Drury write for Money Laundering Bulletin, considering the implications of Court of Appeal judgment in the UK on 5 February 2020.

BCL partners Michael Drury and Julian Hayes are quoted by InfoSecurity Magazine discussing the new bilateral agreement between the UK and USA to obtain data from ESPs more quickly.

BCL Solicitors' sanctions and export controls team, led by Partner John Binns and Senior Associate Amelia Clegg, provides comprehensive legal guidance on UK and international sanctions compliance, enforcement developments, and regulatory changes. The firm regularly publishes detailed analyses of sanctions law updates, OFSI enforcement actions, and emerging compliance risks affecting businesses operating in complex regulatory environments.

BCL partner, John Binns writes for Lexis Nexis considering the new Code for Private Prosecutors, issued by the Private Prosecutors' Association (PPA)

BCL partner Harry Travers and senior associate Alex Swan's article, ‘Deferred prosecution agreements: lessons from Serco' has been published by Solicitors Journal.

BCL associate Umar Azmeh's case comment on R v Peers (Mia) [2021] EWCA Crim. 1677 has been published in the latest edition of the Criminal Law Review.

It has been widely reported that complainants in cases involving allegations of rape and other sexual offences are being asked to complete consent forms and hand over their mobile phones to the police...

BCL partners Michael Drury and Julian Hayes write for the times on potential regulations proposed by the government on platform providers to prevent online harms such as disinformation

The online safety bill has been revisited, again. Despite the new amendments, it's still a problematic piece of legislation, writes Julian Hayes...

Last week, saw pornographic deepfake images of mega-star, Taylor Swift, circulated on various social media platforms, including X and Meta. Not only were the images themselves...