Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Criminal Liability, Corporate Liability

Key Takeaways From the SFO’s New Corporate Guidance

Latham & Watkins LLP on 4/28/2025

The updated guidance puts a heavy emphasis on self-reporting and clarifies how corporates under investigation can earn cooperation credit from UK prosecutors....more

UK government proposes long-awaited reform to the identification doctrine for economic crime offences

Hogan Lovells on 6/28/2023

On 16 June 2023, the Government announced its proposed reforms to the “identification doctrine” for economic crime offences to be introduced in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill. The reform will apply only to...more

UK corporate criminal liability reform

A&O Shearman on 7/13/2021

The UK Government has asked the Law Commission to review the law on corporate criminal liability and propose options for reform. Supporters of reform will use recent failures of the UK Serious Fraud Office to prosecute large...more

Corporate Criminal Liability – some practical proposals from Australia

BCLP on 1/30/2020

The Australian Law Reform Commission (the “ALRC”) has proposed a number of reforms to Australia’s federal corporate criminal liability regime. The entire document bears close examination. In this article, we focus on the...more

The House of Lords’ Report on the Bribery Act 2010: A Glimpse Into the Future of Economic Crime?

WilmerHale on 3/21/2019

On 14 March 2019, the Select Committee on the Bribery Act 2010 published its Report in which it makes a number of conclusions and recommendations. The Committee was given the task not only of conducting post-legislative...more

Proposed reform of UK corporate criminal liability – a failure to grasp the nettle?

White & Case LLP on 3/14/2019

Following mounting calls for reform of the UK's corporate criminal liability regime, the Government is expected to consult later this year on potential reforms, which are likely to include a new corporate offence of failing...more