This portal provides busy practitioners with short commentaries on significant developments in the field of bribery and corruption, fraud, money laundering and proceeds of crime. The commentaries are franked by their topicality and practical insight, with an emphasis on implications not always visible at first glance.
- Anti-money laundering regime requires urgent reformSpeed read: Jonathan Fisher QC analyses the suspicious reporting regime and the inundation of the...Continue Reading
- Tax whistleblowersSpeed read: Rachel Clark analyses the whistleblowing regime in the context of tax whistleblowers, considering...Continue Reading
- Banking on account forfeiture — dramatic developments in the UK & JerseySpeed read: The National Crime Agency’s recent success in the first major appeal of an...Continue Reading
- The European sanctions regime and fair trial principlesSpeed read: The General Court of the European Union recently decided Klyuyev v Council of...Continue Reading
- UK/US data sharing and the impact on financial crimeSpeed read: On 3 October 2019 the UK and US signed a new data sharing...Continue Reading
- Confiscating from corporatesSpeed read: In Crown Prosecution Service v Aquila Advisory Limited [2019] EWCA Civ 588, the...Continue Reading
- The Government’s Economic Crime Plan 2019–22Speed read: Jonathan Fisher QC examines the Government’s recent Economic Crime Plan and its reliance...Continue Reading
- Proceeds of crime — the weed in the garden of CBD & cannabis investmentSpeed read: Cannabis-related investment is on the rise. The market for CBD, a compound extracted...Continue Reading
- Imperfect but here to stay — The SARs regime after the Law Commission ReportSpeed read: The Law Commission’s Report on the SARs regime recommends tweaks rather than any...Continue Reading
- You can run, but you can’t hide: HMRC takes the fight overseasIn R (oao Jimenez) v HMRC [2019] EWCA Civ 51, the Court of Appeal held that HMRC...Continue Reading
- Unexplained wealth orders or an illicit enrichment offence?Speed read: The introduction of unexplained wealth orders into the UK’s civil recovery toolkit followed...Continue Reading
- Civil cases in criminal courtsSpeed read: Jonathan Fisher QC discusses the convergence of civil and criminal procedure in cash...Continue Reading
- Corporate facilitation of tax evasion — not yet a damp squibSpeed read: Although there have not been any prosecutions to date, the introduction of the...Continue Reading
- What’s the deal? UK AML law after exit daySpeed read: Anita Clifford examines the changes to the UK AML regime to come into...Continue Reading
- Do not be beguiled by the soothing tones of the UK’s FATF Mutual Evaluation reportSpeed read: Jonathan Fisher QC reflects on the new FATF report on the UK’s anti-money...Continue Reading
- Thinning the line between recklessness and wilful blindness in tax offencesSpeed read: In R v Godir [2018] EWCA Crim 2294 the Court of Appeal held...Continue Reading
- Stopping the side hustle: UK freezes foreign student accounts — harder than first thought?Speed read: Anita Clifford explores the recent targeting of foreign student bank accounts for freezing...Continue Reading
- Corporate investigations in the post-ENRC eraSpeed read: In this piece Jonathan Fisher QC shares some ideas on legal privilege and...Continue Reading
- Tax investigations — responding to a taxpayer noticeSpeed read: In The Queen on the application of PML Accounting Limited v The Commissioners...Continue Reading
- Anita Clifford comments on recent AML action by European CommissionSpeed read: EU officials took the unprecedented step on Thursday of directly ordering a member...Continue Reading
