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NLJ this week: Former DPP offers practical advice on corporate criminal liability

29 March 2024
Issue: 8065 / Categories: Legal News , Commercial , Company , Fraud
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The expansion of the failure to prevent fraud offences means corporates will need to behave better

In this week’s NLJ, former Director of Public Prosecutions Sir Max Hill KC, now senior counsel and policy advisor at King & Spalding, along with the firm’s associates Hannah Thorpe and Alex Tivey discuss the implications.

The authors write: ‘Corporate criminal liability has expanded from niche origins in bribery, corruption and money laundering, to encompassing all economic crime… New legislation calls for better corporate behaviour, evidence-based as to compliance and practice.’

Hill, Thorpe and Tivey offer practical guidance on reasonable prevention measures.

They examine both the failure to prevent offence and the redefinition of the identification doctrine. What implications will these have for large organisations, and how should they ensure compliance with this toughened-up new law? They also look into the increasing use of civil enforcement methods to recover the proceeds of crime, as well as the greater use of deferred prosecution agreements.

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NEWS
The landmark Supreme Court’s decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd—along with Rukhadze v Recovery Partners—redefine fiduciary duties in commercial fraud. Writing in NLJ this week, Mary Young of Kingsley Napley analyses the implications of the rulings
Barristers Ben Keith of 5 St Andrew’s Hill and Rhys Davies of Temple Garden Chambers use the arrest of Simon Leviev—the so-called Tinder Swindler—to explore the realities of Interpol red notices, in this week's NLJ
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] has upended assumptions about who may conduct litigation, warn Kevin Latham and Fraser Barnstaple of Kings Chambers in this week's NLJ. But is it as catastrophic as first feared?
Lord Sales has been appointed to become the Deputy President of the Supreme Court after Lord Hodge retires at the end of the year
Limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are reportedly in the firing line in Chancellor Rachel Reeves upcoming Autumn budget
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