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31 May 2023

Company investigations: Common traps and how to avoid them

Company investigations are often fraught with issues and there is much to consider. Those in charge are commonly afforded very little time before having to proceed. It therefore pays to be aware of some of the potential pitfalls at the outset.

Caroline Day

16 May 2023

Taking action against fraud

Criminal litigation partner Ed Smyth looks at the government’s proposals to overhaul and renew the UK’s fraud reporting and response system.

For many individuals, losing hard-earned savings through fraud can be a life-changing event. It would be unrealistic to believe that fraud can ever be wiped out, but it is imperative that incidences are kept as low as possible to reduce the impact on the general public as well as industry and the public sector.

 

Ed Smyth

11 May 2023

The everyday reality in the “fraud capital of the world”

On 3 May 2023, the same day that the UK government’s long-awaited Fraud Strategy was published, the Home Office released a significant piece of research looking at incidents of fraud and corruption experienced by UK businesses between 2017 and 2020. A week later, on 11 May, UK Finance published its latest annual report focusing on payment industry fraud and its CEO labelled UK as “the fraud capital of the world”.

 

 

Louise Hodges

3 May 2023

Health and Safety / Corporate Manslaughter Update – Q1 2023

This quarterly update provides a summary of a selection of news stories relating to health and safety investigations and prosecutions, as well as key corporate manslaughter cases, published in the period January 2023 – March 2023.

Sophie Wood

3 May 2023

Environmental Law Quarterly Update – Q1 2023

This quarterly environmental law update provides a summary of news stories in the period January 2023 – March 2023.

Sophie Wood

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