Emma Carr

1 week ago | mondaq.com | Emma Carr |Catherine Naylor |David Lowe |Teresa Edwards

On 1 September 2025, the new corporate offence offailure to prevent fraud will come into force -under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023(ECCTA). The implementation of this offence marks a significantstep change in corporate accountability, shifting the focus fromreacting to fraud, to proactively preventing it. There arepotentially serious consequences for organisations that fall shortand do not take preventative action as required.

2 weeks ago | gowlingwlg.com | Emma Carr |Catherine Naylor |David Lowe |Teresa Edwards

ArticleOn 1 September 2025, the new corporate offence of failure to prevent fraud will come into force - under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA). The implementation of this offence marks a significant step change in corporate accountability, shifting the focus from reacting to fraud, to proactively preventing it. There are potentially serious consequences for organisations that fall short and do not take preventative action as required.

3 weeks ago | mondaq.com | Sharon Ayres |Caroline Williams |Emma Carr |Catherine Naylor

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Act),whose progress we have reported on in earlier articles (see "Economic Crime and Corporate TransparencyAct (ECCTA) – what you need to know" and "Latest updates to the Economic Crime andCorporate Transparency Act"), has already introduced aseries of changes to UK company law, with more to come.

1 month ago | gowlingwlg.com | Sharon Ayres |Caroline Williams |Emma Carr |Catherine Naylor

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (Act), whose progress we have reported on in earlier articles (see "Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) – what you need to know" and "Latest updates to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act"), has already introduced a series of changes to UK company law, with more to come.

Feb 19, 2025 | mondaq.com | David Lowe |Emma Carr

At the back end of 2024, The Lawyer, in association with GowlingWLG, conducted an online survey of in-house legal teams as acontinuation of its historical In-House Sentiment Survey. The survey results contain both partial and fully completeresponses ranging from a base size of to approximately 100 peoplespread across a range of different industries. In addition to the online survey key themes in the research areexplored during a series of telephone interviews with the sameaudience.