On 15 January 2024, legislation came into force that enhances the Serious Fraud Office’s (SFO) compulsory information-gathering powers and streamlines the investigative process whilst imposing fresh obligations on companies...more
The new SFO Director, Nick Ephgrave QPM, marks his first 100 days in post this month after succeeding Lisa Osofsky in September 2023. Ephgrave has overseen a dynamic start to his tenure with the announcement of three new...more
On 4 November 2022, in the case of FCA v Papadimitrakopoulos & Gryparis1 , the UK High Court reaffirmed the principle that information obtained via Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) requests can only be used for the purpose for...more
12/7/2022
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Consent ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Evidence ,
False Statements ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Investigations ,
Law Enforcement ,
Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLAT) ,
UK
Ten years have passed since the introduction of the UK’s primary anti-corruption law, the Bribery Act 2010 (“the Act”). This article examines the extent to which the Act has lived up to its billing as the international “gold...more
5/25/2021
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Chief Compliance Officers ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Liability ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Cross-Border ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Enforcement ,
FOIA ,
Internal Controls ,
Jurisdiction ,
Law Enforcement ,
OECD ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK ,
UK Bribery Act
The year 2019 has been something of a mixed bag for the UK’s criminal and regulatory authorities. While the Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) and Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) appear to have taken involuntary sabbaticals...more
12/23/2019
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Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Statistics ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Forfeiture ,
Freezing Order ,
GlaxoSmithKline ,
Insider Trading ,
Rolls-Royce ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
Tesco ,
UK ,
UK Criminal Finances Act 2017 ,
Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) ,
White Collar Crimes
Director of the Serious Fraud Office Lisa Osofsky used her annual Cambridge Symposium speech to emphasise the importance of international and corporate co-operation, to issue a call to arms for greater legislative assistance...more
On 31 July 2018, the Administrative Division of the High Court of England and Wales blocked the extradition of Stuart Scott to the United States. As the second case this year in which the High Court has blocked extradition to...more
On 5 February 2017, the UK High Court issued judgment in the case of Love v USA [2018] EWHC 172 (Admin) (“the Judgment”). This was an appeal against the decision at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 16 September 2016....more