United Kingdom: White Collar Crime, Anti-Corruption & Fraud

Understanding when driving offences on private land can lead to prosecution is crucial for motorists and landowners alike. The distinction between public and private property under the Road Traffic Act 1988 depends on public accessibility rather than ownership, meaning offences in car parks, private roads, and similar locations may still result in criminal charges.

Facing a charge for failing to provide driver details can result in six penalty points and a fine from the Magistrates' Court. Understanding the sentencing guidelines, potential defences, and how this separate offence differs from the underlying motoring allegation is crucial for protecting your driving licence. JMW's motoring law specialists explain the court process, possible outcomes, and legal options available to challenge these charges.

What happens when a disgruntled employee from a notorious brokerage firm decides to exercise their data protection rights? This podcast episode examines the intersection of privacy law and corporate misconduct through the lens of one of cinema's most infamous financial scandals, exploring how a simple data subject access request could have exposed a web of illegal activity.

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal in Logix Aero Ireland Ltd v Siam Aero Repair Co Ltd. The issue related to whether the intervention of a fraudster broke the chain of causation in a breach of contract claim.

Crash-for-cash scams have evolved beyond simple insurance fraud into a serious public safety threat. Organised crime networks are deliberately engineering collisions, intimidating drivers at roadsides, and stealing identities, putting innocent motorists, pedestrians, and vulnerable road users at genuine risk of physical harm and long-term trauma.

Insurance fraud is evolving as criminal networks develop increasingly sophisticated methods to exploit detection systems. Claims warehousing, where fraudulent injury claims are deliberately incubated over years before submission, is emerging as a significant threat that combines patient orchestration with professional enablers and potentially AI-generated evidence.

Cryptocurrency recovery scams are targeting individuals who have already lost money through fraudulent investments, with criminals impersonating lawyers and legal professionals to extract further payments or gain access to digital wallets. Understanding the warning signs of these sophisticated frauds and knowing how to verify communications can protect victims from falling prey to secondary scams that exploit their desire to recover lost assets.

The Court of Appeal has delivered a landmark ruling on abuse of process, upholding findings that claimants engaged in unlawful conduct by covertly obtaining privileged litigation material from the defendants' solicitor through deception. The judgment addresses whether such conduct warrants striking out applications and discharging freezing orders worth hundreds of millions of dollars in a complex fraud case involving stock lending transactions.

Regulatory and enforcement landscapes across the UK, France and Italy are converging around a fundamental question: can organisations demonstrate that risk management is truly embedded in their governance and operations? Drawing on insights from a Milan roundtable featuring compliance leaders from ENI, Assicurazioni Generali, UniCredit and RSM Italy, this analysis explores how sanctions, anti-money laundering, fraud, ESG and corporate governance have evolved from separate disciplines into deeply interconnec