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Corporate Crime And The Senior Manager Test

The Crime and Policing Bill 2025 expands liability, raising fresh debates over fairness, corporate culture, and culpability.

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BCL Solicitors LLP

Corporate Crime – Failure To Prevent Fraud Offence Now In Force

The new corporate offence of failure to prevent fraud came into force on 1 September 2025.

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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

Given the wide-ranging nature of this new offence, we discuss what your organisation needs to know and do as soon as possible - especially in light of recent prosecutorial action...

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Mayer Brown

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

The Bribery Act 2010 heralded the dawn of a new era in how corporates are held to account for crimes committed on their watch with advent of the "failure to prevent" model.

United Kingdom Criminal

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Withers LLP

UK Authorities Revamp Joint Corporate Prosecution Guidance

United Kingdom Criminal

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Ropes & Gray LLP

The Fraud Files Podcast Series

United Kingdom Criminal

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Leveson Report: A Blueprint For A More Efficient And Equitable Criminal Justice System

United Kingdom Criminal

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Shifting The Dial – New SFO Guidance On Corporate Cooperation

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BCL Solicitors LLP

Extension Of Corporate Criminal Liability In The United Kingdom

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Bracewell

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

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WilmerHale

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

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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 Government Unveils Ambitious Compute Roadmap To Bolster AI And National Infrastructure

United Kingdom Technology

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Baker Botts LLP

UK Space Agency Announces New Unlocking Space For Business Projects

United Kingdom Technology

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Marks & Clerk

Simpler And More Streamlined Sustainability Disclosure For UK Private Fund Managers: Taking Stock And Comparing With The EU

United Kingdom Finance

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Goodwin Procter LLP

FinTech Global FS Regulatory Round-up - W/e 12 September 2025

United Kingdom Technology

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

UPCOMING WEBINAR: New Online Child Safety Rules: Stay Compliant, Avoid Risk

United Kingdom Compliance

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LegalVision

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

On 26 October 2023, the UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the "Act") received royal assent and became law. The Act introduces a new strict liability corporate criminal offence of failure to prevent fraud which, it has just been announced, will come into effect on 1 September 2025.

United Kingdom Criminal

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Mayer Brown

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

A recent UK judgment in R (World Uyghur Congress) v National Crime Agency broadens the definition of "criminal property," complicating compliance for businesses. It challenges the adequacy of existing AML measures, intensifying due diligence and reporting burdens.

United Kingdom Criminal

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BCL Solicitors LLP

FCA Gives Starling The Bird

The FCA fined Starling Bank nearly £29 million for failing to improve anti-money laundering protocols, making it the largest UK regulatory penalty this year, signaling strict enforcement on compliance failures.

United Kingdom Criminal

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BCL Solicitors LLP

How To Prevent Bribery, Fraud And Other Economic Crime: Corporate Culture, Innit?

The UK's 'failure to prevent' model in corporate liability, extended to bribery, tax evasion, and now fraud, mandates strict liability for commercial entities unless they prove "reasonable procedures." However, ensuring foolproof internal controls to prevent misconduct remains challenging.

United Kingdom Commercial

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BCL Solicitors LLP

NCA Recovers £780,000 In The First UK Forfeiture Of Sanctioned Funds

United Kingdom Criminal

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Peters & Peters

Corporate Criminal Liability – Economic Crime And Corporate Transparency Act 2023

United Kingdom Commercial

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Kuits Solicitors

If Craig David Made Court Cases…

United Kingdom Criminal

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Peters & Peters

The Economic Crime And Corporate Transparency Act: What Do UK Employers Need To Know?

United Kingdom Criminal

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Withers LLP

UK Corporate Criminal Liability: Changes So Far And Changes Coming - Have You Prepared?

United Kingdom Criminal

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Mayer Brown

The Economic Crime And Corporate Transparency Act: Latest Developments

United Kingdom Criminal

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Arthur Cox

Corporate Crime: The Year Ahead

United Kingdom Criminal

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Pallas Partners

Economic Crime And Corporate Transparency Act 2023: Who Is An Associated Person For The Failure To Prevent Fraud Offence?

United Kingdom Criminal

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Implementation Of The Whistleblower Directive – A Roadmap For Multinational Companies

European Union Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

FCA Proposals To Increase Transparency On Enforcement Action

United Kingdom Criminal

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Corporate Crime: The Year Ahead

Many significant developments took place in 2023 across the landscape of corporate crime, and we can expect to see more in 2024.

United Kingdom Criminal

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Pallas Partners

Economic Crime And Corporate Transparency Act 2023: Who Is An Associated Person For The Failure To Prevent Fraud Offence?

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the ECCTA) received Royal Assent in October 2023. As part of significant reform to the UK's corporate criminal liability regime...

United Kingdom Criminal

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Implementation Of The Whistleblower Directive – A Roadmap For Multinational Companies

Almost all EU Member States have now implemented Directive (EU) No. 2019/1937 "on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law" (the "Whistleblower Directive")...

European Union Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

FCA Proposals To Increase Transparency On Enforcement Action

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a consultation paper FCA CP24/2 on proposals to increase transparency around enforcement and investigations.

United Kingdom Criminal

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Changes At Companies House The Economic Crime And Corporate Transparency Act

United Kingdom Commercial

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DMH Stallard

Corporate Criminal Liability Reform: How Much Further Can The UK Go?

The landscape for tackling corporate crime in the UK is undergoing significant change, with a focus on empowering enforcement agencies to further hold large corporates to account...

United Kingdom Commercial

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Cooley LLP

Play Your Cards Right: Betting Company Secures DPA In Relation To Historic Bribery

What started off in 2019 as an HMRC investigation into the activities of Entain Plc's (Entain) former Turkish-facing online betting and gaming...

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Macfarlanes LLP

Significant Expansion To Corporate Criminal Liability In The United Kingdom

Under the new UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, organisations that are bodies corporate or partnerships will become criminally liable for the economic crimes of their senior managers.

United Kingdom Commercial

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K&L Gates LLP

Global Corporate Crime And Investigations Update – November 2023

Our global Corporate Crime and Investigations team welcomes you to our new six-monthly round-up of the key CCI themes emerging around the world. In this new publication...

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Economic Crime And Corporate Transparency Act Passed In UK Parliament

United Kingdom Criminal

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Economic Crime And Corporate Transparency Bill: Failure To Prevent Fraud Offence – Update

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Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong

Sanctions Tracker: FCA Reports On Review Of Firms' Sanctions Controls

Worldwide Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

The Economic Crime And Corporate Transparency Bill: Where Are We Now?

United Kingdom Criminal

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Economic Crime And Corporate Transparency Bill

United Kingdom Criminal

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TLT Solicitors

Biggest Shake Up In Corporate Criminal Law In 100 Years Is On The Cards

United Kingdom Criminal

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Holman Fenwick Willan

Corporate Criminal Liability – What Is Next For The United Kingdom?

United Kingdom Commercial

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K&L Gates LLP

Biggest Reform Of The Identification Doctrine In More Than 50 Years

United Kingdom Criminal

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Norton Rose Fulbright

The UK Government Proposes Reform To The Identification Doctrine To Combat Economic Crime

United Kingdom Criminal

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Steptoe LLP

Further Significant Reform Of UK Corporate Criminal Liability

United Kingdom Criminal

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WilmerHale

Rahman Ravelli To Hold A Webinar Examining The Economic Crime And Corporate Transparency Bill

United Kingdom Criminal

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Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

Government Proposes New Offence Of Failure To Prevent Fraud

United Kingdom Criminal

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Failure To Prevent Fraud – What Are The Implications Of The New Offence?

United Kingdom Criminal

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Sanctions Tracker – EU Announces Details Of Proposed Eleventh Sanctions Package

European Union Criminal

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

The "CCO": Corporate Offences Of Failing To Prevent The Facilitation Of Tax Evasion

United Kingdom Criminal

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Norton Rose Fulbright

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Anoushka Warlow Speaks To LexisNexis On Changes In Corporate Crime 2022 And Discusses What We Can Expect In 2023 (Video)

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BCL Solicitors LLP

Richard Reichman On The Shifting Landscape Of Corporate Crime And Regulation (Video)

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BCL Solicitors LLP

On Your Radar? Preparing For The New HMRC Corporate Criminal Offence (Video)

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Deloitte

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