The following Corporate Crime news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Legislation to bring UK crypto activity within regulatory perimeter published
Common assault and batteryThe offences of common assault and batteryTechnically, the offences of assault and battery are separate summary offences. An...
Criminal act or omissionFor a person to be found guilty of a criminal offence it must be shown that they:•acted in a particular way, or•failed to act...
Assault occasioning actual bodily harmThe offence of actual bodily harmThe offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH) can be tried in...
Involuntary manslaughterInvoluntary manslaughter—introductionManslaughter can be classified as either voluntary or involuntary. Voluntary manslaughter...
The US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the UK Bribery Act 2010 comparedBackground to the Foreign Corrupt Practices ActThe US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is a broad piece of legislation that has been well enforced and embedded since its introduction in 1977. It was introduced to deal with
The UK sanctions framework under SAMLA 2018 This Practice Note explains the UK financial sanctions and trade sanctions regime under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (SAMLA 2018). This regime was implemented to ensure the UK has a robust sanctions regime after the UK leaves the EU
Active bribery, passive bribery and bribing foreign public officialsThe Bribery Act 2010 (BA 2010) criminalises:•bribing another person (active bribery)•soliciting or accepting a bribe (passive bribery)•bribing a foreign public official, and•for a business or commercial organisation only, failing to
Failing to prevent briberyThis Practice Note explains the corporate criminal offence of failing to prevent bribery under section 7 of the Bribery Act 2010 (BA 2010). This was the first economic crime offence of its kind in attaching culpability to failing to prevent an offence that was committed on
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