Ashley Hurst of Osborne Clarke LLP is appealing against the decision of the Solicitor’s Disciplinary Tribunal that Hurst improperly attempted to restrict a tax lawyer from publishing correspondence revealing he...
With the Elections Bill on the horizon, the UK government is in the process of weighing-up whether to bring in strict controls on political donations made in cryptocurrency – or...
Today ex-Reform UK politician Nathan Gill became the first British politician to be sentenced for bribery in a landmark corruption case that has lifted the lid on the vulnerability of...
A new tool tracking the progress of anti-money laundering (AML) supervision shines a light on the real weaknesses and inconsistencies in the current supervisory regime and underscores the urgency of...
Yesterday the UK Supreme Court unanimously found that P&ID, the small offshore company that tried to use arbitration proceedings to extort over $11 billion from Nigeria, must pay a hefty...
Today the Treasury announced long-awaited plans for a radical overhaul of the UK’s anti-money laundering (AML) supervisory regime which will see the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) step up as a...
Today HM Treasury has announced a major overhaul of how the UK will police money laundering regulations going forward. The Financial Conduct Authority is to take over responsibility from 22 different professional...
There were unprecedented scenes this week at the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal as the high-profile prosecution of lawyer Christopher Hutchings by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) was moved into private session. ...
