Criminal Prosecution, UK, Risk Assessment

CPS and SFO publish joint corporate prosecutions guidance – what it means for UK corporates

Hogan Lovells on 8/21/2025

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and Serious Fraud Office (SFO) have overhauled their Corporate Prosecutions guidance – clarifying how prosecutors will handle charges, forum and case strategy going forward. The previous...more

UK Criminal Enforcement Update - Spring 2024

WilmerHale on 5/20/2024

Recent weeks have seen several notable developments in the UK criminal enforcement landscape...more

Why Corporates Are Now More Likely to Face Criminal Prosecution for the Actions of Their Employees

K&L Gates LLP on 11/21/2023

Significant Expansion to Corporate Criminal Liability Becomes Law in the United Kingdom - On 26 October 2023, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (the Act) became law. Under the Act, corporations will become...more

Businesses face unlimited fines for failure to prevent facilitation of tax evasion

Womble Bond Dickinson on 1/8/2018

Introduction - As part of a global crackdown on tax evasion, the Criminal Finances Act 2017 (the Act) introduced a new offence. From 30 September 2017, an organisation commits a criminal offence if an employee or...more

Scottish Authorities Settle First Corporate Criminal Offence Under the Bribery Act

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 10/8/2015

On 25 September 2015, prosecutors in Scotland announced the first application of the corporate offence of failing to prevent bribery under section 7 of the Bribery Act 2010. Due to self-reporting and extensive cooperation...more

Culture of Corruption in the Financial Industry: A Closer Look

NAVEX on 6/16/2015

A closer look at new research data about corruption in the financial industry: is the industry as far behind on organizational culture as it might seem? A recent study, “The Street, The Bull and The Crisis: A Survey of...more