12/1/2025 3:15:56 PM Justice on Trial: Are Juries Facing Extinction? By Katy Olley Four years. That’s how long some victims of sexual assault are waiting for their day in court. Defendants on remand are stuck in prison...
7/18/2025 2:29:49 PM AI: Why UK Firms Must Act Now By Alexander Vilardo According to UK Finance's 2025 Annual Fraud Report, over £1.2 billion was lost to fraud in 2024 alone. This figure has, at least in part,...
2/20/2025 5:29:40 PM Reigning in jurisdictional overreach? Supreme Court clarifies double criminality and POCA's extraterritorial effect in El-Khouri v USA By Anthony Hanratty On 12 February 2025, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in El-Khouri v Government of the United States of America [2025] UKSC 3. In...
1/22/2025 1:00:00 PM The Regulatory Gap in Deepfake Technology By Georgia Learoyd On 7 January 2025 the government announced that it will criminalise the making of sexually explicit deepfakes in its forthcoming Crime...
1/15/2025 5:17:25 PM INTERPOL publishes first Silver Notice By Anthony Hanratty In our previous article we wrote about INTERPOL's intention to launch a pilot scheme to implement Silver Notices and Diffusions. INTERPOL...
4/14/2023 1:09:11 PM Failure to prevent fraud: a new corporate criminal offence By Ian Ryan Fran Garvey Georgia Learoyd After over a decade of calls for reform to corporate criminal liability, on 11 April 2023 the Government finally announced its intention...
3/20/2023 1:38:37 PM Belarussian company loses UK sanctions challenge By Fran Garvey LLC Synesis has lost its UK court challenge against its sanctions designation. The Belarussian technology company was designated in the...
9/26/2022 11:56:51 AM Cleaning up "Westminster's dirty secret" By Chloe-Jane Belton Fran Garvey The London Laundromat London has a long-standing reputation for being a playground for Russian oligarchs. In 2020 the U.K. Parliament's...
8/24/2022 1:29:38 PM SRA plans to give itself the power to fine solicitors over £800,000 By Ian Ryan The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is planning to overhaul its financial penalty system. The new system would represent a...
7/13/2022 3:26:35 PM Bernie Ecclestone charged with fraud By Fran Garvey Former longstanding Formula One racing boss Bernie Ecclestone has been charged with fraud by false representation for allegedly failing...
10/28/2021 10:07:09 AM What should you do if you receive a COP9 letter from HMRC? By Howard Kennedy The prospect of an investigation into personal and/or business tax affairs by HMRC can be harrowing. If HMRC suspect that a taxpayer has...
9/7/2021 8:10:58 AM CPS' updated money laundering guidance - it appears there can be smoke without fire By Kyle Phillips Layla Dribble The CPS recently issued updated guidance on the prosecution of 'failure to disclose' offences under section 330 of the Proceeds of Crime...