Feb 02, 2023 New failure to prevent offences coming soon – but will they prevent anything? By Neill Blundell Helen Harvey Aaliyah Sattar The news that - finally - the government plans to introduce new failure to prevent (“FTP”) offences in the economic crime sphere has been...
Apr 30, 2021 Conviction and collapse: a mixed week for the SFO By Lorna Emson James Reid On Wednesday the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced that it had secured a corporate conviction against GPT Special Project Management...
Oct 30, 2020 Taking flight: The SFO secures its ninth DPA By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has agreed its ninth deferred prosecution agreement (DPA), which has now received approval in the Crown...
Jun 30, 2020 More time needed: SFO granted another extension to seize London properties By Neill Blundell James Reid Last Friday the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) was granted a further extension in its attempt to seize UK properties and cash worth...
May 27, 2020 Practical anti-corruption advice published for investors By Neill Blundell Helen Harvey On 21 May 2020, the International Corporate Governance Network published updated Guidance on Anti-Corruption Practices (the Guidance)....
Apr 17, 2020 Bribery Act 2010: 10 years in numbers By Neill Blundell James Reid 10 years after it received royal assent, a recent freedom of information request has shed some light on the consequences of the Bribery...
Jan 28, 2020 The Magnificent Seven? The SFO agrees in principle to a DPA with Airbus By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs It is being reported that Airbus has agreed in principle to a deal with regulators in the UK, US and France to end long-running...
Dec 23, 2019 Hit for six: the SFO obtains a sixth DPA By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has announced its sixth Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA), entered into with Güralp Systems Limited...
Nov 26, 2019 Bribery doesn’t pay: the SFO obtains a £15m fine for bribery offences By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has secured a fine of £15m, plus a further £1.4m in costs, against Alstom Network UK Limited (Alstom) as...
Nov 21, 2019 The NCA successfully resists the first appeal against one of its Account Forfeiture Orders By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs On 8 November 2019 the National Crime Agency (NCA) successfully defended its first contested application for Account Forfeiture Orders...
Jul 30, 2019 Who, me? The Criminal Court of Appeal gives its backing to the "identification principle" By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs The Criminal Court of Appeal has given its support to the "identification principle" in its judgment dated 23 July 2019 in the case of R...
Jul 18, 2019 The subject of the UK's second DPA is revealed By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs On 16 July 2019 the identity of the anonymous counterparty to the second ever deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) agreed by the Serious...
Feb 25, 2019 Serious Fraud Office drops two major bribery investigations By Neill Blundell The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has dropped its investigations into individuals at Rolls Royce PLC and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). The decision...
Nov 20, 2018 Corporates in the dock: Is “failure to prevent economic crime” now inevitable? By Neill Blundell Francis Bond Sir Brian Leveson and Lisa Osofsky today called for an expansion of corporate criminal liability in front of the ongoing House of Lords...
Jan 15, 2018 Fraud prosecutions on the increase By Dan Lavender As this article shows, prosecutions for fraud involving financial services firms are on the increase. Criminal authorities are focusing...