Anne-Marie Ottaway

Apr 24, 2024 | lexology.com | Barry Vitou |Anne-Marie Ottaway |Cindy Laing |Kevin Warburton |Karen Cheung |Michael Maxwell | +4 more

We reflect on some of the key themes in the compliance and investigations space in the first quarter of the year and set out our predictions for 2024. Changes to UK corporate liability for financial crimesIn the UK, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) was passed late last year which introduced two major changes: a new failure to prevent fraud offence (due to come into force later in 2024) and a new law for attributing corporate liability.

Jan 24, 2024 | lexology.com | Barry Vitou |Anne-Marie Ottaway |Cindy Laing

What's new? The new Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA), expands the scope of the SFO's powers to compel individuals to provide documents and information before a formal investigation is launched. Previously, these powers were only available to investigators in cases of suspected international bribery but as of 15 January 2024, they are now available to the SFO for use in cases of suspected fraud.

Nov 8, 2023 | lexology.com | Barry Vitou |Anne-Marie Ottaway |Cindy Laing

On 26 October 2023, the long-awaited Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) received Royal Assent after a protracted period of parliamentary pingpong. We first wrote about this Act over the summer and described the Bill (as was) as the biggest shake up in corporate criminal law in 100 years, you can read about it here. In this article, we will discuss the key changes introduced by the Act and what we can expect in terms of the impact for businesses.

Oct 24, 2023 | lexology.com | Barry Vitou |Anne-Marie Ottaway |Cindy Laing |Karen Cheung |Kevin Warburton |Michael Maxwell | +3 more

As we are nearing the end of 2023, we reflect on some key developments over August and September, and give our take on what we expect to see for the remainder of the year.

Aug 8, 2023 | mondaq.com | Barry Vitou |Anne-Marie Ottaway |Cindy Laing

As the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill ("the Bill") reaches the final stages of its journey through the UK Parliament, we consider what may be the biggest shake-up to corporate criminal law in 100 years. Tucked away in the "miscellaneous" Part 5 of the Bill are clauses that have the potential to change the landscape of corporate liability for certain economic crimes.