After several years of discussion and consultation, the UK Government now appears to be close to reforming the law on corporate criminal liability via the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill. These changes, if...more
The government published in May 2019 its responses to two Committee reports on financial crime. First, the House of Commons Treasury Committee on 8 March 2019, published its report on “Economic Crime – Anti-money laundering...more
The British Parliament has recently published two important post-legislative assessments of the effectiveness of the UK’s financial crime legislative framework, as well as an insight into future areas of focus....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
On 6th December 2018, the trial of two Tesco executives accused of false accounting collapsed. The judge concluded that the SFO's evidence, taken at its highest, was such that a jury could not properly convict. The SFO...more
Introduction - As part of a global crackdown on tax evasion, the Criminal Finances Act 2017 (the Act) introduced a new offence. From 30 September 2017, an organisation commits a criminal offence if an employee or...more
The Criminal Finances Act 2017 (the Act) will enter into force in the UK on September 30, 2017, creating new corporate criminal offences in respect of the facilitation of tax evasion. Adopting the same approach as the offence...more