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,...
4/29/2025 9:07:24 AM Banks Beware: Derivative action used against payment service provider in APP fraud case By Robyn Watson The question of the application of the Quincecare duty, has once again come before the English courts. As well as building on the...
3/31/2025 1:12:13 PM FCA publishes its 2025-2030 strategy: what we can expect over the next 5 years By David Hamilton On 25 March, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its Strategy 2025-2030 with the straplines “Deepening Trust”, “Rebalancing...
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...
2/4/2025 6:06:47 PM FCA Outlines Priorities for Payments Portfolio Firms By David Hamilton The UK’s payments sector is undergoing rapid change, driven by technological innovation and evolving customer expectations. Amid this...
1/29/2025 3:09:02 PM Fraud & Bitcoin: Ex-Takeaway Worker ordered to pay back £3.1m after money laundering conviction By Rebecca Hume Seized bitcoin worth £5bn could fill black hole in public finances The recent case involving a former takeaway worker who was ordered to...
1/28/2025 12:14:01 PM Court of Appeal Decision Highlights Supply Chain Accountability for UK Companies By David Hamilton The Court of Appeal has recently handed down a pivotal decision in Limbu & others v Dyson Technology, Dyson Limited & Dyson Manufacturing...
12/3/2024 11:17:55 AM Failure to Prevent Fraud Offence - Under the Radar? Think Again By David Hamilton The fraud enforcement landscape is undergoing significant change. With the Government's official guidance now published, businesses...
9/3/2024 2:37:42 PM Navigating Justice in the Crypto Realm: The UK's Pioneering Approach By Rufus Scholefield Rebecca Hume The popularity of cryptocurrencies shows no sign of wavering; however, the anonymous nature of many cryptocurrencies makes them...
8/6/2024 2:35:28 PM INTERPOL moves forward with Silver Notices By Anthony Hanratty Background Combatting transnational crime by the tracing, restraint, seizure, recover and confiscation of the proceeds of crime, to strip...
11/14/2023 11:28:53 AM Failure to prevent fraud and corporate criminal liability reform – a new world By David Hamilton The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (the Act) received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023. The Act is substantial, running to...
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...