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UK Supreme Court Ruling in El-Khouri: Defining the Territorial Boundaries of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

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The ruling, which narrows the UK’s jurisdiction over money laundering offences, will impact how cross-border money laundering offences are prosecuted going forward....more

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Bloomberg LP v. ZXC: Privacy Triumphs

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The UK Supreme Court has handed down its highly anticipated judgment in the matter of Bloomberg LP v. ZXC [2022] UKSC 5. As we explained in our 16 February 2022 Cooley alert, the case highlighted the tension between the...more

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Privacy and Suspect Rights - UK Supreme Court Confirms an Individual’s Right to Privacy When Under Criminal Investigation

Summary - In a recent judgment (Bloomberg LP v ZXC [2022] UKSC 5), the UK Supreme Court confirmed that suspects subject to a criminal investigation are entitled, as a general rule, to a reasonable expectation of privacy...more

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UK Supreme Court ruling in ZXC: radical curtailment of press freedoms or a principled restatement and alignment of existing law...

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On 16 February 2022, in its judgment in Bloomberg LP v ZXC, the UK Supreme Court unanimously held that in general, and as a legitimate starting point, a person under criminal investigation has, prior to being charged, a...more

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UK Supreme Court: Suspects Under Investigation Have Reasonable Expectation of Privacy

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The decision exposes media outlets in the UK to liability if they identify suspects prior to charge, but carries lesser implications elsewhere. On 16 February 2022, the UK Supreme Court held that a suspect under criminal...more

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UK Supreme Court Considers Privacy Rights of Executives Under Investigation

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Two recent cases in the UK courts highlight the tension between an individual’s right to privacy during a criminal investigation and the freedom of the press to report on the investigation as a matter of public interest....more

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UK Supreme Court Limits Serious Fraud Office's Extraterritorial Powers

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The Issue: The UK Supreme Court was asked to decide whether section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 granted the Serious Fraud Office ("SFO") powers to compel the production of documents held outside the United Kingdom. ...more

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KBR – no paradigm shift for the SFO. We look back at what is.

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Much has been made of the Supreme Court's decision earlier this month in KBR, Inc. v Director of the Serious Fraud Office, in which it confirmed the limits on UK authorities' reach overseas in anti-corruption investigations....more

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English Supreme Court Limits Serious Fraud Office’s Extraterritorial Reach

On 5 February 2021, the UK Supreme Court ruled that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) could not force a foreign company to hand over material that it holds abroad through a notice issued under Section 2(3) of the Criminal...more

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Financial Daily Dose 9.24.2019 | Top Story: UK High Court Rules PM’s Suspension of Parliament Illegal

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Prorogate this, Boris. In an “unprecedented” ruling, the UK’s supreme court deemed the Prime Minister’s Brexit-driven suspension of Parliament “unlawful, void and of no effect” this morning and called on the body to reconvene...more

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