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Can You Sue Police If They Lose Evidence When Investigating Your Criminal Allegation? (6 June 2025)

When a criminal case collapses due to the police losing or mishandling evidence, it can be devastating for victims who have placed their trust in the justice system.

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

How To Commit Accounting Fraud — Part 1

This article is the first of a series on accounting fraud and follows on from a previous article, "The current economic climate - a golden age for fraud?"...

United Kingdom Criminal

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

More Is Being Lost To Investment Fraud In The UK

The total number of reports was 7% down on 2023. But the total amount lost to investment fraud was 13% higher, which could be viewed as a sign that while there may be less investment fraud scams in operation, those that are carried out are bringing bigger rewards for the criminals operating them.

United Kingdom Criminal

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Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

Fraudulent Trading: UKSC Ruling Targets Third-Party Involvement

The UK Supreme Court's decision in Bilta (UK) Ltd (in liquidation) and others v Tradition Financial Services Ltd [2025] UKSC 18...

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Macfarlanes LLP

Whose Instructions? The Use Of Quincecare And Derivative Action To Recover Losses From Fraud

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Macfarlanes LLP

How Civil Litigation Is Fighting The Financial Fraud Epidemic

United Kingdom Criminal

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Giambrone & Partners

Webinar: Failure To Prevent Fraud: What To Expect And How To Prepare

United Kingdom Criminal

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BCL Solicitors LLP

New Measures Will Encourage Companies To Report Fraud

United Kingdom Criminal

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Webinar: New Rules, New Risks: How To Stay Compliant And Confident

United Kingdom Criminal

Capital Law

Extension Of Corporate Criminal Liability In The United Kingdom

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Bracewell

The EU's New Rules For Tackling Money Laundering

European Union Criminal

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Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

New Guidance On Preventing Fraud: Key Insights For Businesses To Reduce Risk

United Kingdom Criminal

Capital Law

Updates To Economic Crime Regulations: Enhancing Whistleblowing Procedures

United Kingdom Criminal

Capital Law

Who Are Professional Enablers And What Roles Do They Play In Economic Crime?

United Kingdom Criminal

Capital Law

Mastering The Art Of Negotiating Distribution Agreements: Tips For Success

United Kingdom Commercial

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Ronald Fletcher Baker

Proposed Changes To ILR: What UK Businesses Need To Know

United Kingdom Immigration

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Richmond Chambers Immigration Barristers

Lift Off - How To Protect Your IP In LEO (Video)

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

What Every Commercial Landlord Needs To Know About Tenant Lease Breaches

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Ronald Fletcher Baker

Higgs LLP In Conversation With Nicholas Georgevic, Chairman Of Scrivens (Video)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Higgs LLP

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Anti-Corruption & Bribery

White Collar Crime, Anti-Corruption & Fraud

How To Commit Accounting Fraud — Part 1

This article is the first of a series on accounting fraud and follows on from a previous article, "The current economic climate - a golden age for fraud?"...

United Kingdom Criminal

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

More Is Being Lost To Investment Fraud In The UK

The total number of reports was 7% down on 2023. But the total amount lost to investment fraud was 13% higher, which could be viewed as a sign that while there may be less investment fraud scams in operation, those that are carried out are bringing bigger rewards for the criminals operating them.

United Kingdom Criminal

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Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

Fraudulent Trading: UKSC Ruling Targets Third-Party Involvement

The UK Supreme Court's decision in Bilta (UK) Ltd (in liquidation) and others v Tradition Financial Services Ltd [2025] UKSC 18...

United Kingdom Criminal

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Macfarlanes LLP

Whose Instructions? The Use Of Quincecare And Derivative Action To Recover Losses From Fraud

United Kingdom Criminal

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Macfarlanes LLP

How Civil Litigation Is Fighting The Financial Fraud Epidemic

United Kingdom Criminal

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Giambrone & Partners

Disclosures As Representations? High Court Examines A Misrepresentation Claim In Disclosure Letters.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Barnes Law

Understanding ECCTA: What Are The Key Provisions Of The Economic Crime And Corporate Transparency Act?

United Kingdom Commercial

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Gowling WLG

New Measures Will Encourage Companies To Report Fraud

United Kingdom Criminal

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The EU's New Rules For Tackling Money Laundering

European Union Criminal

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Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

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Corporate Crime

Extension Of Corporate Criminal Liability In The United Kingdom

In recent years, the United Kingdom has become increasingly aggressive in its approach to holding corporate persons criminally liable for the acts of their employees.

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Bracewell

UK Serious Fraud Office Issues New Self-Reporting And Corporate Cooperation Guidance

On 24 April 2025, the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) issued new guidance to encourage companies to self-report suspected corporate wrongdoing. The guidance states that self-reporting, combined with full cooperation...

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WilmerHale

Disclosure In The Digital Age: Independent Review Of Disclosure And Fraud Offences

Corporate Crime Analysis: The Home Office recently published Jonathan Fisher KC's Independent Review of Disclosure Report, ‘Disclosure in the Digital Age'...

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BCL Solicitors LLP

Failure To Prevent Fraud: What Is The Risk To Overseas Companies?

United Kingdom Criminal

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Peters & Peters

Enhancing Corporate Fraud Prevention: Guidance On The Failure To Prevent Fraud Offence

United Kingdom Criminal

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Ankura Consulting Group LLC

UK Government Publishes Guidance On New Failure To Prevent Fraud Offence

United Kingdom Criminal

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WilmerHale

UK Corporate Criminal Liability: Guidance Issued On New Failure To Prevent Fraud Offence

United Kingdom Criminal

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Mayer Brown

Supply Chains And Tainted Funds: Applying The New Law On Money Laundering

United Kingdom Criminal

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BCL Solicitors LLP

FCA Gives Starling The Bird

United Kingdom Criminal

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BCL Solicitors LLP

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Terrorism & National Security

Counter-Terrorist Financing: The Role of the Solicitor

It might be tempting to imagine that solicitors have many more pressing concerns than the problem of counter-terrorist financing.

United Kingdom Government

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Peters & Peters

Counter-Terrorist Financing: The Role of the MLRO

Counter-terrorist financing would appear to be the poor cousin of anti-money laundering. It is not uncommon for the two to be lumped together as if they were virtually identical.

United Kingdom Government

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Peters & Peters

Impact of President Obama’s April 13, 2010 Executive Order on Somalia and Piracy on US and non-US Insurance Companies

On April 13, 2010, President Barack Obama issued an Executive Order "Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in Somalia" (the "Executive Order") stating that:

United Kingdom Insurance

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Clyde & Co

Impact of President Obama’s April 13, 2010 Executive Order on Somalian Piracy - The UK Insurance Perspective

United Kingdom Insurance

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Clyde & Co

Paying Ransoms - Could The US Make This More Difficult?

United Kingdom Transport

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Ince & Co

Compass 2010 Global Aerospace & Defense Sector Outlook

United Kingdom Government

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Deloitte

Fingerprint Checks To Be Introduced On Entry To The UK

United Kingdom Employment

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Speechly Bircham LLP

Defence Procurement: The Emergence Of A Single Market

United Kingdom Government

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Down To The Wire

United Kingdom Government

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Russell Jones & Walker

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Crime

Can You Sue Police If They Lose Evidence When Investigating Your Criminal Allegation? (6 June 2025)

When a criminal case collapses due to the police losing or mishandling evidence, it can be devastating for victims who have placed their trust in the justice system.

United Kingdom Criminal

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

How Civil Litigation Is Fighting The Financial Fraud Epidemic

Financial fraud is yet again rising, in 2024 the annual Crime Survey for England and Wales reported 4.1 million occurrences of fraud...

United Kingdom Criminal

GP

Giambrone & Partners

Understanding ECCTA: What Are The Key Provisions Of The Economic Crime And Corporate Transparency Act?

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Act), whose progress we have reported on in earlier articles (see "Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) – what you need to know"...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Gowling WLG

Extension Of Corporate Criminal Liability In The United Kingdom

United Kingdom Criminal

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Bracewell

When A Tweet Becomes A Crime: What The Lucy Connolly Case Says About Online Hatred (20 May 2025)

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

AlixPartners 2025 Global Risk Survey

Worldwide Strategy

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AlixPartners

Disclosure In The Digital Age: Independent Review Of Disclosure And Fraud Offences

United Kingdom Criminal

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BCL Solicitors LLP

What To Expect During Extradition Proceedings (30 April 2025)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

Eye On Economic Crime: SFO Releases New Guidance On Corporate Cooperation And Enforcement

United Kingdom Commercial

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Mayer Brown

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Latest Videos

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A Major Shift In US International Anti-bribery Enforcement: Nick Vamos On Times Radio (Video)

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Peters & Peters

Will You Be Deported For A Criminal Offence In The UK?｜Criminal Sentences And UK Deportation (Video)

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Latitude Law

5 Top Tips To Protect Your Business From Business Crime (Video)

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Gunnercooke

Investigate: A 360 Degree View Of Investigations – Episode 2 (Podcast)

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Herbert Smith Freehills

John Binns Discusses Confiscation Law (Video)

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BCL Solicitors LLP

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