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European Union and UK government initiatives on money laundering and terrorism finance

European Union and UK government initiatives on money laundering and terrorism finance

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Corporate Crime weekly highlights—29 July 2021

Corporate Crime weekly highlights—29 July 2021

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How anti-corruption push affects US companies operating abroad

How anti-corruption push affects US companies operating abroad

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Cum-ex deals are criminal tax evasion, German court says

Cum-ex deals are criminal tax evasion, German court says

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Criminal damage

Criminal damage

Criminal damageGeneralSimple criminal damage is triable either way unless the value of the alleged damage is £5,000 or less, in which case the offence...

Self defence

Self defence

Self defenceSelf defenceSelf defence is an absolute defence based on the evidence which can apply in crimes committed by force. Section 76 of the...

Sentencing fraud offences committed by individuals

Sentencing fraud offences committed by individuals

Sentencing fraud offences committed by individualsThe Sentencing Council (SC) has produced sentencing guidelines for fraud offences under the Fraud...

ECHR, art 5(4)—rights and duties

ECHR, art 5(4)—rights and duties

ECHR, art 5(4)—rights and dutiesThe scope of article 5(4) Article 5(4) of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) provides that: 'Everyone who...

Practice notes

Voluntary manslaughter

Voluntary manslaughterVoluntary manslaughterVoluntary manslaughter consists of those killings which would be murder (because the accused has the...
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19th May
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Asset stripping

Asset strippingWhat is asset stripping?Asset stripping involves taking company funds or assets while leaving behind the debts. Sometimes directors...
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Produced in partnership with Micheal Murphy and Amelia Clegg of 23 Essex Street Chambers 19th May
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Sexual risk orders

Sexual risk ordersSTOP PRESS: All offenders convicted on or after 1 December 2020 must be sentenced under the provisions of the Sentencing Code,...
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Produced in partnership with Monica Stevenson of 25 Bedford Row 19th May
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Stages of a summary trial

Stages of a summary trialCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Checklist contains guidance impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The Coronavirus Act 2020 (CA...
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19th May
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Fraud by failure to disclose and abuse of position

Fraud by failure to disclose and abuse of positionFraud by failure to disclose information while under a legal duty to do so An offence of fraud by...
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19th May
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Witness intimidation

Witness intimidationIntimidation of witnesses and jurorsIntimidation of witnesses and/or jurors is an offence under section 51 of the Criminal Justice...
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Produced in partnership with Thomas Evans of 3 Paper Buildings 19th May
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Dishonesty in the criminal law

Dishonesty in the criminal lawDishonesty is a state of mind, which is relevant for the purposes of some criminal offences. Dishonesty provides the...
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19th May
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Indications on sentence

Indications on sentenceJudicial independence is fundamental to the rule of law. The integrity of the criminal justice system depends on a fair and...
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19th May
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Anti-social behaviour—environmental breaches

Anti-social behaviour—environmental breachesThis Practice Note explains the powers available to deal with anti-social behaviour in an environmental...
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Produced in partnership with Jeremy Phillips and Charles Forrest of Francis Taylor Building 19th May
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Conducting an appeal in the Court of Appeal Criminal Division (CACD)

Conducting an appeal in the Court of Appeal Criminal Division (CACD)Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance impacted by the...
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19th May
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Sexual harm prevention orders

Sexual harm prevention ordersSTOP PRESS: All offenders convicted on or after 1 December 2020 must be sentenced under the provisions of the Sentencing...
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Produced in partnership with Monica Stevenson of 25 Bedford Row 19th May
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Abuse of process in criminal proceedings

Abuse of process in criminal proceedingsThe procedure for making an application to stay proceedings due to abuse of process is governed by rule 3.28...
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19th May
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Abuse of process procedure

Abuse of process procedureFor an explanation of when abuse of process applications may arise in criminal proceedings, see Practice Note: Abuse of...
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19th May
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Procedure for making bail applications and appeals

Procedure for making bail applications and appealsCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance impacted by the coronavirus pandemic....
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19th May
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Improvement and Prohibition Notices under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974

Improvement and Prohibition Notices under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974Enforcement of Part I of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act...
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Produced in partnership with James Purnell, Abigail Cohen and Lia Moses of Henderson Chambers 19th May
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Trials under the Scottish solemn procedure

Trials under the Scottish solemn procedureCoronavirus (COVID-19): Scottish criminal procedure has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic....
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Produced in partnership with Craig Findlater of Black Chambers and Stephen O'Rourke QC of Terra Firma Chambers 19th May
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Directive 2014/57/EU on criminal sanctions for market abuse

Directive 2014/57/EU on criminal sanctions for market abuseBREXIT: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 (‘IP completion day’) marked the end of the Brexit...
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Produced in partnership with Ms Alison Geary of WilmerHale 31st Jul
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Payment Services Regulations 2017—criminal offences and the FCA's and PSR's approaches

Payment Services Regulations 2017—criminal offences and the FCA's and PSR's approachesCriminal offences under the Payment Services Regulations...
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31st Jul
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Market Abuse Regulation—unlawful disclosure of inside information and market soundings—quick guide

Market Abuse Regulation—unlawful disclosure of inside information and market soundings—quick guideThis Practice Note provides a quick guide to the key...
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31st Jul
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Impact of Brexit: Market Abuse Regulation—quick guide

Impact of Brexit: Market Abuse Regulation—quick guideThis quick guide provides high-level information on the measures taken under the European Union...
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31st Jul
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Benchmark enforcement action—essentials

Benchmark enforcement action—essentialsBREXIT: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 (‘IP completion day’) marked the end of the Brexit...
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Produced in partnership with Brown Rudnick 31st Jul
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Offences during an FCA investigation

Offences during an FCA investigationLexis®PSL Financial Services FCA/PRA Enforcement Database: This incorporates detailed information on all...
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Produced in partnership with Sarah Clarke of Gatehouse Chambers 31st Jul
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Unauthorised business and the approach to enforcement—criminal proceedings

Unauthorised business and the approach to enforcement—criminal proceedingsThe general prohibition under FSMA 2000The general prohibition is a concept...
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Produced in partnership with Sarah Clarke QC of Serjeants' Inn 31st Jul
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Financial crime in the financial services sector

Financial crime in the financial services sectorMarket abuse and insider dealing are forms of financial crime involving misconduct in, or misuse of...
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30th Jul
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Offences relating to change in control of UK authorised persons

Offences relating to change in control of UK authorised personsChange in control of authorised personsPart XII of the Financial Services and Markets...
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30th Jul
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Boiler room fraud

Boiler room fraudWhat is a boiler room fraud?Boiler rooms are the names ascribed to high pressure sales environments. The idea is that the sales...
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30th Jul
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Asset stripping

Asset strippingWhat is asset stripping?Asset stripping involves taking company funds or assets while leaving behind the debts. Sometimes directors...
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Produced in partnership with Micheal Murphy and Amelia Clegg of 23 Essex Street Chambers 30th Jul
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Offence of causing a financial institution to fail and other offences under FS(BR)A 2013

Offence of causing a financial institution to fail and other offences under FS(BR)A 2013Introduction to the senior managers regimeThe Senior Managers...
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Produced in partnership with Michael Potts of PCB Byrne 30th Jul
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Share ramping

Share rampingWhat is share ramping?Share ramping is a form of illegal market abuse that involves talking up the price of particular shares in order to...
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30th Jul
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Misleading statements etc in relation to benchmarks

Misleading statements etc in relation to benchmarksFORTHCOMING CHANGE: Section 31(2) of the Financial Services Act 2021 (FSA 2021) increases the...
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30th Jul
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Misleading statements under the Financial Services Act 2012

Misleading statements under the Financial Services Act 2012FORTHCOMING CHANGE: Section 31(2) of the Financial Services Act 2021 (FSA 2021) increases...
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Produced in partnership with Joanna Dimmock, Tom Hickey and Fred Kelly of White & Case LLP 30th Jul
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Criminal insider dealing (encouraging offence)—a quick guide

Criminal insider dealing (encouraging offence)—a quick guideThis Practice Note is concerned with one of the three criminal offences created under...
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30th Jul
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Insider dealing—sentence tracker

Insider dealing—sentence trackerFORTHCOMING CHANGE: Section 31(1) of the Financial Services Act 2021 (FSA 2021) increases the maximum sentence for...
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30th Jul
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Criminal insider dealing (disclosing inside information offence)—a quick guide

Criminal insider dealing (disclosing inside information offence)—a quick guideFORTHCOMING CHANGE: Section 31(1) of the Financial Services Act 2021...
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30th Jul
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Misleading impressions under the Financial Services Act 2012

Misleading impressions under the Financial Services Act 2012FORTHCOMING CHANGE: Section 31(2) of the Financial Services Act 2021 (FSA 2021) increases...
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30th Jul
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Insider dealing

Insider dealingFORTHCOMING CHANGE: Section 31(1) of the Financial Services Act 2021 (FSA 2021) increases the maximum sentence for insider dealing...
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Produced in partnership with Joanna Dimmock, Tom Hickey and Fred Kelly of White & Case LLP 30th Jul

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Direct effect of EU law

Direct effect of EU law

Direct effect of EU lawWhat is direct effect of EU law?The doctrine of direct effect is a fundamental principle of EU law developed by the Court of Justice of the European Union in Van Gend en Loos. It is a mechanism through which individuals can enforce rights in Member States’ courts, based on EU

Skeleton arguments

Skeleton arguments

Skeleton argumentsThis Practice Note provides guidance on the interpretation and application of the relevant provisions of the CPR. Depending on the court in which your matter is proceeding, you may also need to be mindful of additional provisions—see further below.Note: this Practice Note does not

Issue of redeemable shares

Issue of redeemable shares

Issue of redeemable sharesA limited company that proposes to issue redeemable shares must comply with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006).Why do companies issue redeemable shares?A company may wish to issue redeemable shares so that it has an alternative way to return surplus capital

Pre-trial and case management hearings in the Crown Court

Pre-trial and case management hearings in the Crown Court

Pre-trial and case management hearings in the Crown CourtCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects impacted by the Coronavirus Act 2020 (CA 2020). CA 2020, among other measures, makes provision for the extended use of live links and audio links in criminal proceedings.