Investigations into workplace injuries and fatal accidents can be lengthy and complex. We give corporate crime lawyers all they need to understand and advise on the powers of health and safety enforcement bodies, key health and safety offences, corporate manslaughter and gross negligence manslaughter offences.
Private prosecutions are on the rise, as businesses see it as a way to secure justice in financial crime cases. Our bespoke suite supports anyone seeking to bring and challenge private prosecutions.
Government has passed laws creating new corporate criminal offences - from corporate manslaughter to money laundering. Following the latest laws, cases and commentary is a challenge – but the stakes are higher than ever.
Law360, London: The Swiss government has announced it will adopt most of the financial and trade sanctions imposed on Moscow by the EU, including a...
This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the Law Commission's recent recommendation of changes to corporate...
Law360, London: UK consumer organisation, Which?, called on the government on 29 June 2022 to toughen its draft online safety rules, saying a study it...
MLex: A shift in the UK's approach to tackling dirty money could see professional services firms being supervised under the umbrella of one regulator,...
MLex: Credit Suisse's bottom line is unlikely to be much troubled by the relatively puny fine of 2m Swiss francs (US$2m) meted out by a Swiss criminal...
Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022—an introductionIn recent years, there have been growing calls for the government to legislate...
ICO enforcement—databaseThis database sets out details of recent enforcement actions taken by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). It is...
Sexual harm prevention ordersSA 2020, Ch 2 Pt 10 provides for sexual harm prevention orders (SHPOs) to be made by the court where it deals with a...
Coronavirus (COVID-19)—legislation trackerThis Practice Note tracks domestic legislation introduced as part of the UK government’s response to the...
Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008Law and guidance on BPR 2008This Practice Note summarises the law, guidance and practice...
Anti-bribery and corruption—charitable and political donations policy1Introduction1.1We run our business[es] with integrity. All of us must work...
Anti-bribery and corruption—gifts and hospitality policy1Introduction1.1We run our business[es] with integrity. All of us must work together to ensure...
Product safety incident plan (PSIP)1Management commitmentPerson with responsibility for the Product Safety Incident Plan (PSIP)[Insert name and...
Product safety teamsheet1Internal teamPerson in charge of Product Safety[Name and contact details of person in the organisation with overall...
Anti-bribery and corruption—agents and intermediaries policy1Introduction1.1We run our business[es] with integrity. All of us must work together to...
Securities, sureties and other conditions of bailConditions of bailA defendant granted bail by the court may be required to comply with conditions of...
Witness intimidationIntimidation of witnesses and jurorsIntimidation of witnesses and/or jurors is an offence under section 51 of the Criminal Justice...
Possession of an offensive weaponThe offence of possession of an offensive weaponThe offence of having an offensive weapon in a public place can be...
Discretionary life sentencesThis Practice Note reflects the procedural code for sentencing offenders in England and Wales (Sentencing Code) that...
Criminal Procedure Rules (CrimPR)—update October 2020 [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. This Practice...
Search of premises without a warrantThe powers of the police to enter and search premises are both extensive and various. The police may search...
Commencing criminal proceedings—written charge and requisition or single justice procedure noticeAll criminal cases begin in the magistrates' court...
Obtaining third-party disclosure in criminal proceedingsThe prosecution’s duty of disclosure in criminal proceedings is governed by the Criminal...
Intoxication and mistakeIntoxicationGeneral defences are those which arise from specific characteristics of the defendant or the circumstances of the...
Human trafficking offencesWhat is human trafficking?The accepted definition is found in the UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in...
European Investigation Orders (EIOs)—process [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not being maintained. Following the end...
Instructing experts in criminal proceedingsPart 19 of the Criminal Procedure Rules 2020, SI 2020/759 (CrimPR) sets out the requirements for...
Enforcement of confiscation ordersStatus of a confiscation orderTechnically, a confiscation order is an order to pay a sum of money to the state;...
Admissibility of hearsay in criminal proceedings—the interests of justice gatewayThe statutory conditionsHearsay evidence may be admitted under one or...
Prisoner categorisationCategorisation is the process by which a prisoner’s security category is determined. This affects the type of prison in which...
Tainted gifts in confiscation proceedingsTainted giftsA tainted gift is a category of asset that is added to the value of the property calculated to...
The term used to describe the work carried out to a property to make the interior space suitable for occupation, often used in relation to office, retail and restaurant developments, where the shell construction is completed by the developer or landlord, and the interior works by the tenant.
Providing access to, or making available, some or all of the disaggregated elements and/or functions of a telephone network—usually the local portion of the network—for interconnecting carriers to use in serving their own customers.
A means of challenging the lawfulness of an act or omission by a public body, which has a sufficient public element. Planning judicial review is dealt with in a specialist Planning Court under rules set out in s 31 of the Senior Courts Act 1981 and CPR 54.
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