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UK corporate criminal liability reform

The UK Government has asked the Law Commission to review the law on corporate criminal liability and propose options for reform. Supporters of reform will use recent failures of the UK Serious Fraud Office to prosecute large...more

Barrister wins right to see his bank’s suspicious activity reports

Lonsdale v National Westminster Bank [2018] EWHC 1843 (QB) (18 July 2018) - A bank was ordered to disclose, to a customer, suspicious activity reports (SARs) that the bank had sent to the National Crime Agency (NCA) at the...more

Bank ordered to disclose suspicious activity reports to customer

Lonsdale v National Westminster Bank [2018] EWHC 1843 (QB) (18 July 2018) - A bank was ordered to disclose, to a customer, suspicious activity reports (SARs) that the bank had sent to the National Crime Agency (NCA) at the...more

No contractual recourse against issuer for investor in bearer notes

Secure Capital SA v Credit Suisse AG [2015] EWHC 388 (Comm), 24 February 2015 and [2017] EWCA Civ 1486, 6 October 2017 - An investor in longevity notes had no right of recourse against the issuer for breach of contract as...more

New tax evasion facilitation offences in force 30 September 2017

Two new corporate criminal offences come into force on 30 September 2017. The new offences can make a company criminally liable if it fails to prevent the facilitation of UK or non-UK tax evasion by an employee, agent or...more

White Collar Crime in Europe Themes and Trends: November 2015

There continues to be an increasing appetite amongst authorities around the world to investigate corporates and banks for a range of criminal offices. Governments are also introducing new criminal offences aimed at...more

FCA And PRA Senior Managers And Certification Regime –March 2016 Implementation Date Announced

Rules due to come into force in March 2016 Yesterday HM Treasury announced the commencement date for the new FCA and PRA Senior Managers and Certification Regime. Relatively limited information has been released, but...more

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