The Strategy
Whilst the Government claims that the previous Serious and Organised Crime Strategy 2013 had a significant impact upon serious and organised crime in the UK, the latest Serious and…
Wealth Unexplained: High Court uphold the historic first “Unexplained Wealth Order” as NCA indicate there are many more with some explaining to do
In a clear victory for the National…
Criminal Finances Act 2017 Comes into Force
The Criminal Finances Act 2017 came into force on 30 September, introducing various new instruments into the authority’s anti-corruption toolkit. Two…
Back to Business as Normal: Court of Appeal Prevents the Erosion of Legal Professional Privilege in a Landmark Judgment for Corporate Internal Investigations
Fulcrum acts for ENRC for the purposes…
An update to this article was posted in February 2021 and can be found here.
The long arm of the SFO: High Court rules that the SFO may compel a foreign company to produce documents held…
The Code for Crown Prosecutors (“Code”) sets out the general principles crown prosecutors should follow when deciding whether to prosecute a case. The Code, issued by the Director for Public…
https://www.sfo.gov.uk/download/general-principles-to-compensate-overseas-victims-including-affected-states-in-bribery-corruption-and-economic-crime-cases/
Following the publication of the…
Overview
One of the effects of Brexit will be on the UK’s ability to impose and implement sanctions in order to comply with its obligations under the UN Charter and to update its anti-money…
Fulcrum examines a decision by the High Court that the Crown Court, not itself, was the appropriate forum to decide whether the Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”), having concluded a deferred prosecution…
Introduction
Heralded as one of the most significant changes to data protection law, the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) will take effect across the EU on 25 May 20181. Following four…
INTRODUCTION
Following the High Court judgment in Serious Fraud Office v Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Ltd [2017] EWHC 1017 QB, [2017] 1 WLR 4205 (‘SFO v. ENRC’) in which Andrews J…
Source: CPS secures first conviction for failure to prevent bribery | News | Law Society Gazette
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