News & Analysis as of

Criminal Liability United Kingdom National Crime Agency (NCA)

WilmerHale

UK Criminal Enforcement Update - Spring 2024

WilmerHale on

Recent weeks have seen several notable developments in the UK criminal enforcement landscape...more

White & Case LLP

SAR Reform: Law Commission publishes report

White & Case LLP on

The Law Commission has published its much anticipated report on reform of the UK's anti-money laundering and terrorism financing regime, and in particular of the system of suspicious activity reports ("SARs"). The proposed...more

White & Case LLP

Cross-Border Cannabis Investment: Managing Money Laundering Risk

White & Case LLP on

Canada legalised recreational cannabis in October 2018 and it may be that other countries follow suit. UK and US investors, and those who facilitate investments in legal recreational cannabis businesses overseas, need to be...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

UK Jury Verdict Clarifies “Adequate Procedures” Under UK Bribery Act

In an important decision given on February 21, 2018, a jury in English court proceedings has considered for the first time what “adequate procedures” should be for the purpose of a defense to the corporate offense of failing...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: Court Clarifies Jurisdiction To Exempt Bank From Potential Criminal Liability For Making Payments Before NCA Approval...

Cooley LLP on

What happens when a company’s bank accounts are frozen and, as a result, faces imminent collapse, but the bank opposes a court application to process key transactions on the basis that if the bank is made to do so by the...more

A&O Shearman

Courts can side step consent regime under POCA - but not often

A&O Shearman on

NCA v N and Royal Bank of Scotland plc [2017] EWCA Civ 253, 7 April 2017 - The courts can side step the Proceeds of Crime 2002 (POCA) consent regime (whereby consent from the National Crime Agency provides a defence to...more

6 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide