As the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill moves through Parliament, Christopher Coltart KC and Seladore Legal’s Dan Hudson have together analysed its implications for victims of economic crime. As the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill awaits final amendments prior to Royal Assent after the summer recess, thoughts now turn to the practical impact that the […]
The Companies Act 2006 creates a number of criminal offences. Some of these are subject to so-called ‘reverse burden’ provisions, whereby the defendant (usually a company director) is guilty unless he or she can prove a specific fact in their defence (eg. that they took all reasonable steps to avoid committing the offence). The lawfulness […]
Angus Bunyan, who acted for Nigeria in its application for compensation from Glencore, reviews the judgment. As readers will doubtless be aware, last November the UK subsidiary of the international mining and commodities giant Glencore was in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Having pleaded guilty to seven counts of bribery under sections 1 […]
High Court contempt proceedings have always held a unique and somewhat uncomfortable position in the judicial system. Whilst civil in nature and governed by Part 81 of the Civil Procedure Rules, they are nonetheless quasi-criminal in substance. This is illustrated by the availability of custodial sentences if the contempt is found proved and by other […]
Disclosure failings lie at the heart of the criticism levelled at the SFO by Sir David Calvert-Smith in his independent review into the SFO’s handling of the Unaoil case. The review was commissioned after the Court of Appeal quashed the convictions of Ziad Akle and Paul Bond due to the SFO’s improper conduct in engaging […]
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