As a result of a collision with a British owned ship in the English Channel on 20 December 2009, a British fishing boat sank and Chris Wadsworth, one of her four British crew, lost his life.

Does English law criminalise multinational companies and their executives if they profit from international crimes committed outside the UK in their supply chains? There is an emerging trend...

There have been two cases of significant interest to practitioners in the field of criminal litigation and money laundering compliance in 2010.

"Reasonable and honest people" everywhere may take some interest in the fact that their views are from now on to be the only yardstick by which an act will be judged to be "honest" or "dishonest".

Local Authorities have draconian enforcement powers relating to food hygiene but, on many levels, they have to be in order to protect the public from unscrupulous food business operators.

At the conclusion of four criminal trials arising from Operation Sanctuary, following which 17 men and one woman were convicted of offences related to the abuse of vulnerable girls in Newcastle...

This article examines two particular areas of white collar crime practice: extradition and the negotiation of plea agreements, including recent guidance and headline cases involving concurrent US and UK jurisdiction.

There have been some important decisions of the higher courts in the last two years relating to appeals, particularly in European Arrest Warrant (EAW) cases, many of which are of equal application in other extradition cases.

The past year has produced some fascinating US case law concerning the extent to which US search warrants have extraterritorial effect.

On Jan. 4, 2022, a trial that has gripped white-collar crime lawyers on both sides of the Atlantic - that of Elizabeth Holmes - concluded. Following a 15-week trial, jurors in the state of California...

Few solicitors will by now be unaware of the new law created by Part 7 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 which is concerned with money laundering. This legislation, implemented in February 2003, together with the Money Laundering Regulations 2003 effective from March 2004, have attracted a high degree of concern and uncertainty within the profession. Key issues are their impact upon the solicitor-client relationship and the extent to which privilege may abrogate or modify any reporting obligatio