Apr 19, 2022 £2.7 million fine for breach of UK arms controls: but why the lack of transparency? By Helen Harvey Neill Blundell Georgia O'Connor It has just been announced that in February of this year, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) fined an unidentified UK company circa £2.7 million...
Jul 20, 2021 The verdict’s in: the SFO publishes its 2020–2021 Annual Report By Neill Blundell The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has published its Annual Report and Accounts for 2020–2021 (the Report). The Report provides an overview...
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...
Oct 26, 2020 The Serious Fraud Office publishes new guidance on Deferred Prosecution Agreements By Neill Blundell Helen Harvey On 23 October, the Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) published comprehensive guidance on how they approach Deferred Prosecution Agreements...
Jul 17, 2020 High Court Approves G4S Deferred Prosecution Agreement By Neill Blundell Francis Bond The High Court has approved the Serious Fraud Office’s (SFO) eighth Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA). We blogged earlier this week on...
Jul 13, 2020 The SFO gets agreement in principle for its eighth DPA By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has received approval in principle to enter into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) with G4S Care and...
Jun 09, 2020 Case closed: Financial Reporting Council ends investigation into Tesco accountants By Neill Blundell James Reid The Financial Reporting Council (FRC), the audit watchdog, has announced that it is dropping its investigation into several Tesco...
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...
Jan 21, 2020 Get with the programme: the SFO releases new guidance on compliance programmes By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has released new guidance on its website – as part of its Operational Handbook – setting out key...
Aug 06, 2019 The SFO releases guidance on how companies should co-operate By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs On 6 August the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) published its "Corporate Co-operation Guidance". This guidance is intended to assist with...
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...
Jul 05, 2019 The Famous Five: the SFO agrees a fifth deferred prosecution agreement By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) agreed the fifth ever deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) in the UK on Thursday 4 July. It was approved...
Apr 05, 2019 Honesty is the best policy: the SFO encourages more companies to self-report and waive privilege By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs Lisa Osofsky, the Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), has confirmed that the SFO will issue new guidance in the near future to...
Mar 14, 2019 Call for tougher UK laws on fraud and money laundering By Macfarlanes The Select Committee on the Bribery Act 2010 has published its post-legislative scrutiny report, concluding that the Act is exemplary and...
Feb 05, 2019 Material seized during a criminal investigation is disclosable in civil proceedings - case law update By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs Under section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987, the Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has various investigation powers. In...