Can you commit a money laundering offence if the predicate offence was not criminal at the time of its commission? In this case note, Natasha Reurts provides an overview of a recent decision of the High Court of Karnataka dealing with the retrospective application of the Indian Prevention of...
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Legal 500 – 2017 Rankings
Jonathan Fisher QC has been ranked in the Legal 500, 2017 edition in six areas of practice - Business and Regulatory Crime (including Global Investigations), Financial Services, Fraud: Civil, Fraud: Crime, Proceeds of Crime Act and Asset Forfeiture ...
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Bright Line Law and Jonathan Fisher QC shortlisted for FT Innovative Lawyers awards
Bright Line Law is delighted to be shortlisted in the 2017 FT Innovative Lawyer awards. At the awards ceremony held at the Natural History Museum in London on 4 October 2017, Bright Line Law was recognised as being shortlisted in the following categ...
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Jonathan Fisher QC named The Times Lawyer of the week
Jonathan Fisher QC, at Bright Line Law and Red Lion Chambers, has been named The Times Lawyer of the week. Jonathan Fisher QC recently led team for the Serious Fraud Office in the High Court case relating to legal privilege and internal investigatio...
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In this second awareness update, Natasha Reurts canvasses the law reform proposals currently under consultation in Australia concerning bribery and corruption, Deferred Prosecution Agreements and an Australian Modern Slavery Act. Read the full BLL post here.
Anita Clifford analyses two Opinions delivered by the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice on 12 September 2017 on double jeopardy arising in the context of financial wrongdoing. The Opinions call for a rejection of a recent decision of the European Court of Human Rights which considered...
On 29 September 2017, The White Collar Crime Centre’s response to the government’s call for evidence on the need for corporate criminal liability reform was featured in the Financial Times. Discussing the introduction of the new corporate offence of failing to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion, the Financial Times...
In anticipation of The White Collar Crime Centre’s published Research Briefing on the confiscation of criminal proceeds, the Evening Standard has shone a spotlight on the data obtained by The White Collar Crime Centre under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and its recommendations. Chief among these is the...