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16 June 2025

The Economic Crime And Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA)

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ECCTA is part of the UK government's push to tackle corporate fraud and to introduce greater accountability to the corporate register. It introduced a number of significant changes...
United Kingdom Corporate/Commercial Law
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What the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 means for UK companies and directors, including the changes to corporate criminal liability

ECCTA is part of the UK government's push to tackle corporate fraud and to introduce greater accountability to the corporate register. It introduced a number of significant changes, including the incoming failure to prevent fraud offence, the lowering of the threshold for corporate criminally liability, significant reforms to Companies House and much more.

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