by Daniel Beizsley | Nov 23, 2020
Last week’s much anticipated National Audit Office report into the government’s handling of emergency procurement during COVID-19 effectively corroborated widespread allegations of cronyism in the dishing out of PPE contracts. The report, covered extensively in the...
by Tom Robinson | Nov 20, 2020
The primary legal basis for this supervision is through the Money Laundering Regulations, introduced in 2007 and updated in 2017, which bring the UK’s detection and prevention of money-laundering in line with EU standards. The regulations adopt a “risk based...
by Spotlight On Corruption | Nov 16, 2020
16th November On Friday 13th November, Spotlight on Corruption wrote to the government’s procurement body, the Crown Commercial Service, asking it to review whether the accountancy firm Ernst & Young (EY) should be banned from bidding on public contracts for...
by Susan Hawley | Nov 10, 2020
Summary The Law Commission’s recent announcement that it will review corporate crime rules is a welcome and important step towards reforming the UK’s antiquated principle for prosecuting companies; The government has given the Law Commission until the end of 2021 to...
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