Corporate Criminal Liability

Policy Briefing: Amendment to the Financial Services Bill

Parliamentary briefing on adding an ammendment to the Financial Services Bill to create a new corporate criminal offence for facilitating or failing to prevent economic crime

The UK’s corporate crime rules – why urgent change is needed

• Dr Susan Hawley

Summary Introduction Last week, the Law Commission made a welcome and long-awaited announcement that it has been tasked with reviewing the UK’s corporate crime rules. At the same time the...