The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has launched a call for evidence on the reform of the law on corporate liability for economic crime, focusing on criminal offences designed to prevent economic crimes such as fraud, false accounting and money laundering when committed on behalf or in the name of companies.  The call for evidence seeks views on: whether the […]

The UK Government is considering significant changes to the law on corporate crime. These changes follow criticism from prosecutors, politicians and others that the current regime makes it too difficult to hold companies criminally liable for economic crimes such as fraud, false accounting and money-laundering. This briefing takes a closer look at the proposals for […]

On 13 January 2017, the Ministry of Justice (“MoJ”) published a call for evidence (“CfE”) regarding potential reform of the law concerning corporate criminal liability in respect of economic crime. The purpose of the CfE is to enable the MoJ to obtain evidence as to whether reform of the law of corporate criminal liability is […]