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New UK Failure To Prevent Fraud Offence: Why US Companies Need To Take Note

The UK Economic Crime & Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA)1 introduced two fundamental reforms that dramatically broaden the potential exposure to UK criminal liability...

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McDermott Will & Schulte

Asset Recovery, Compliance Culture, And Why Financial Crime Is Outpacing Enforcement

Financial Crime Digest spoke with Barry Faudemer, Chief Executive of Baker Regulatory Services, regarding the evolving landscape of asset tracing and financial regulation.

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Baker & Partners

My Legal Life: Shula De Jersey, BCL Solicitors

I started out as a legal secretary in a legal aid criminal defence firm. After a few years, I realised this was where my passion lay and decided to qualify as a solicitor, undertaking my legal studies part-time...

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BCL Solicitors LLP

UK White Collar Crime: 2025 Year-End Roundup

2025 marked a watershed in UK white collar crime enforcement and corporate compliance. With the introduction of the "failure to prevent fraud" offence, organisations face a new and more dangerous landscape of criminal liability.

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WilmerHale

A Bold Blueprint For A Modern Justice System? UK Criminal Court Reforms

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

The Nationwide Is Fined £44 Million For Financial Crime Control Failings

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Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

New SFO Guidance Clarifies Approach To Compliance Procedures

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Macfarlanes LLP

UK Jury Trials Curtailed For Some Criminal Cases: A Force For Good Or Impending Nightmare?

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Withers LLP

UK Private Prosecutor Ordered To Pay Costs Of Judicial Review Proceedings

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A&O Shearman

Effective Compliance Is Not A Tick-box Exercise – The UK Serious Fraud Office Updates Its Guidance On Corporate Compliance Programmes

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

High Court Applies "Scope Of Duty" Principle To Limit Damages Claimed For Breach Of So-called Quincecare Duty

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Common Legal Defences In Spain Following An Accusation Of Criminal Behaviour

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Giambrone & Partners

New UK SFO Guidance On Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programmes

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WilmerHale

Illegal Teeth-whitening: A Growing Risk For Beauty Salon Insurers

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Browne Jacobson

Property Newsletter: Winter 2025 (Podcast)

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Gatehouse Chambers

Our Tech Predictions For 2026

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Lewis Silkin

New National Minimum Wage Rates For April 2026

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didlaw

Data Centres: Common Issues And How To Avoid Them (Video)

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Fenwick Elliott LLP

CSRD And CSDDD Version 2.0 – The EU's Sustainability Framework Redefined

United Kingdom Commercial

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Travers Smith LLP

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New UK Failure To Prevent Fraud Offence: Why US Companies Need To Take Note

The UK Economic Crime & Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA)1 introduced two fundamental reforms that dramatically broaden the potential exposure to UK criminal liability...

United Kingdom Criminal

SR

McDermott Will & Schulte

Asset Recovery, Compliance Culture, And Why Financial Crime Is Outpacing Enforcement

Financial Crime Digest spoke with Barry Faudemer, Chief Executive of Baker Regulatory Services, regarding the evolving landscape of asset tracing and financial regulation.

United Kingdom Criminal

BP

Baker & Partners

My Legal Life: Shula De Jersey, BCL Solicitors

I started out as a legal secretary in a legal aid criminal defence firm. After a few years, I realised this was where my passion lay and decided to qualify as a solicitor, undertaking my legal studies part-time...

United Kingdom Criminal

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BCL Solicitors LLP

Understanding The 'Failure To Prevent Fraud' Offence: Guide For UK Charities

United Kingdom Commercial

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Wrigleys Solicitors

UK White Collar Crime: 2025 Year-End Roundup

United Kingdom Criminal

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WilmerHale

Banks To Have Greater Flexibility When Setting Future Contactless Limits

United Kingdom Finance

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Lewis Silkin

A Bold Blueprint For A Modern Justice System? UK Criminal Court Reforms

United Kingdom Criminal

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Key Takeaways From The EBA And ECB Joint 2025 Report On Payment Fraud

European Union Finance

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A&O Shearman

The Nationwide Is Fined £44 Million For Financial Crime Control Failings

United Kingdom Criminal

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Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

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Corporate Crime

New UK Failure To Prevent Fraud Offence: Why US Companies Need To Take Note

The UK Economic Crime & Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA)1 introduced two fundamental reforms that dramatically broaden the potential exposure to UK criminal liability...

United Kingdom Criminal

SR

McDermott Will & Schulte

Effective Compliance Is Not A Tick-box Exercise – The UK Serious Fraud Office Updates Its Guidance On Corporate Compliance Programmes

Companies' compliance programmes have taken on increasing significance over recent years, with the introduction of a range of "failure to prevent" offences that can be committed irrespective of the company's involvement in...

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

The FCA Highlights Failings In Firms' Financial Crime Oversight

Niall Hearty of Rahman Ravelli considers the findings of a Financial Conduct Authority survey.

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Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

Effective Sanctions? The OFSI Annual Review 2024 – 2025

United Kingdom International

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Spanish Criminal Law Reform 2025

United Kingdom Criminal

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Giambrone & Partners

Corporate Crime And The Senior Manager Test

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BCL Solicitors LLP

Corporate Crime – Failure To Prevent Fraud Offence Now In Force

United Kingdom Criminal

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Eye On Economic Crime: New Strict Liability Corporate Criminal Offence Of Failure To Prevent Fraud Comes Into Effect

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Mayer Brown

New Anti-fraud Laws Come Into Force In The UK On 1 September 2025

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Withers LLP

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Crime

My Legal Life: Shula De Jersey, BCL Solicitors

I started out as a legal secretary in a legal aid criminal defence firm. After a few years, I realised this was where my passion lay and decided to qualify as a solicitor, undertaking my legal studies part-time...

United Kingdom Criminal

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BCL Solicitors LLP

A Bold Blueprint For A Modern Justice System? UK Criminal Court Reforms

On 2 December 2025, Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary David Lammy announced a number of proposed reforms (the "Reforms") aimed at modernising the criminal courts...

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Illegal Number Plates And The Law (UK) (11 December 2025)

Vehicle number plates serve a crucial function in identifying vehicles on UK roads, enabling law enforcement, automated camera systems, and regulatory compliance.

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

Common Legal Defences In Spain Following An Accusation Of Criminal Behaviour

United Kingdom Criminal

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Giambrone & Partners

Learning From The Past To Shape The Future

United Kingdom Criminal

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Lewis Silkin

The UK Government's Battle Against Fraud

United Kingdom Criminal

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Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

Non-Crime Hate Incidents: A New Policing Frontier? (21 October 2025)

United Kingdom Criminal

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

Spanish Criminal Law Reform 2025

United Kingdom Criminal

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Giambrone & Partners

Two UK Men To Be Sentenced In US Over Multi-Million Dollar Wine Fraud

United Kingdom Criminal

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Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

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Peters & Peters

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Latitude Law

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Gunnercooke

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BLM

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Reynolds Porter Chamberlain

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