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Welcome to BCL’s latest sanctions and export controls round-up, highlighting the key developments in UK and international sanctions

Welcome to BCL's latest sanctions round-up, highlighting key UK and international developments in sanctions law and compliance.

David Hardstaff and John Binns of BCL Solicitors LLP discuss the regulatory landscape in the UK following the EFSA's decision to pause all novel foods evaluations for CBD products.

This article outlines the UK Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) dual-track approach to investigating insider dealing, penalties, recent case examples, and preventative measures companies should implement to mitigate insider trading risks.

The Law Commission devotes surprisingly little of its discussion paper to what most would expect to be the government's next step – one or more new ‘failure to prevent' offences, based on the template created in the Bribery Act 2010, ...

Nothing can prepare most people for the emotional turbulence that follows the receipt of a letter from HMRC, particularly if it is from the Fraud Investigation Service.

Sections 18 to 26 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act set out the enforcement powers available to a Health and Safety Executive (‘HSE')...

BCL's Shaul Brazil and Tom McNeill examine the SFO's approach to cooperating suspects.

BCL Associate Daniel Jackson's article titled ‘Clearer sentencing guidelines offer more support for vulnerable adults' has been published by Mental Health Practice.

Welcome to BCL's sanctions fortnightly round-up, highlighting the notable developments in the UK and global sanctions implementation and enforcement.

Welcome to BCL's sanctions and export controls fortnightly round-up, highlighting the notable developments in UK and global sanctions and export controls policy and enforcement.

The Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill (‘the Bill') is making its way through Parliament and is currently at the Report Stage of the House of Lords.

Prosecuting authorities on both sides of the Atlantic are becoming bolder in their approaches to the incentivisation and protection of whistleblowers in relation to corporate criminality and misconduct.

On 1 December 2025, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) announced a monitoring programme that targets 10 popular mobile games played by children in the UK.

It was an open secret that the UK government and GDPR made uneasy bedfellows.

The Coronavirus Act 2020 came into force on 25 March 2020 and contains provisions aimed at ensuring the court systems, including those dealing with extradition matters, ...

The UK's 'failure to prevent' model in corporate liability, extended to bribery, tax evasion, and now fraud, mandates strict liability for commercial entities unless they prove "reasonable procedures." However, ensuring foolproof internal controls to prevent misconduct remains challenging.