10 Mar, 2022 The Economic Crime Bill: passed at rapid speed By Max Hobbs The House of Commons passed the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill (ECB) on Monday, after an extraordinarily speedy...
24 Feb, 2022 UWOs: Remember those? By Max Hobbs Joe Gaffney A House of Commons briefing paper, published on 22 February 2022, has criticised the use of Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs). The paper...
10 Feb, 2022 The Economic Crime Bill: reform is coming By Max Hobbs Joe Gaffney We recently commented on a fortnight of fast-paced developments in the economic crime space. As we observed, it appears that (despite...
08 Feb, 2022 New register of home ownership? Sadiq Khan calls for a register of foreign-owned UK property to aid Russia sanctions By Lorna Emson Max Hobbs Francis Bond Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, has issued a call for a new register of foreign-owned properties in the UK, citing the fact that the...