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Much has been written about the Financial Conduct Authority's (‘FCA') recent decision to commence criminal proceedings against National Westminster Bank PLC (‘NatWest') for offences...

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020 (a ‘statutory instrument') came into force at 1pm on 26 March 2020,...

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

A recent HMRC press release trumpeted the £218m recovered by its Fraud Investigation Service (FIS) in 2020-2021, taking its total for the five years since it was set up to just over £1bn.

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

For any doctor, being the subject of a complaint can cause great stress and anxiety. When an allegation results in a formal investigation by the General Medical Council (GMC), the process that...

The Court of Appeal recently provided guidance on the proper and established procedure for prosecution authorities seeking to rely on evidence provided by an assisting offender. In R v. Hutchinson [2024] EWCA...

BCL partner, Julian Hayes discusses UK and EU law relevant to facial recognition technology (FRT) and how such law would apply if FRT were to be used within quasi- public spaces.

There has been widespread reporting in recent months concerning older drivers being involved in serious, fatal road traffic collisions.

In April [2025] the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) published its "External Guidance on Corporate Cooperation and Enforcement in relation to Corporate Criminal Offending" (the Guidance).

Chambers & Partners have now published the 2019 edition of their High Net Worth (HNW) Guide and BCL has been top-ranked (Band 1) in Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals – UK

Using a computer to predict criminal behavior sounds like the stuff of science fiction. Yet police are already using algorithmic technology to identify and deter the offenders of tomorrow.

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, ...

One common battleground in health and safety prosecutions is whether, and the extent to which, failings by individual employees place the employer in breach of its health and safety duties.

One of the most difficult issues in UK sanctions is their application to companies that are ‘owned or controlled' by a designated person. In BCL's response to the government's call for evidence...

The nature and the urgency of the current crisis meant that the provisions of the Coronavirus Act 2020 were rushed through Parliament with hardly any scrutiny at all.

Following the Grenfell Tower tragedy, fire safety has come under ever greater scrutiny. There is increased pressure on responsible persons to comply with fire safety duties and on fire authorities to take enforcement action.

The fight against fraud, bribery and corruption is never ending. Since the global financial crisis, authorities in the US, the UK and elsewhere have attempted to combat corporate malfeasance wherever it is found.