On 6 November 2024, the UK Government published the much-anticipated guidance on the new corporate offence of failure to prevent fraud (the “Guidance”). The failure to prevent fraud offence forms part of a huge shift in the...more
Following mounting calls for reform of the UK's corporate criminal liability regime, the Government is expected to consult later this year on potential reforms, which are likely to include a new corporate offence of failing...more
Shakespeare’s observation that the “past is prologue” certainly applies to corporate criminal liability in the UK and France, as these jurisdictions embrace with gusto corporate prosecutions akin to those pursued in the US...more