Stuart Alford QC

Oct 10, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Stuart Alford QC |Matthew Unsworth |Mair Williams

Individuals continue to face risk from prosecutions for economic crime, despite media focus on corporate criminal liability reforms.

Apr 5, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Stuart Alford QC |Catherine Campbell |Alice Drayton

Greater focus on strong corporate governance and transparency is placing company directors in the UK and elsewhere under growing scrutiny and increased risk of individual civil and criminal liability. As new case law and legislative changes tighten the enforcement landscape and stakeholders demand more accountability of directors, PE executives should be mindful of new risks associated with being appointed to a portfolio company board.

Feb 24, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Stuart Alford QC |James W. Bee |Paul Davies

[co-author: Esha Marwaha]A court recently found that UK authorities did not fetter their discretion by not investigating general cotton imports potentially produced by the forced labour of Uyghur people in China. On 20 January 2023, the High Court ruled against human rights campaigners who argued that UK authorities were improperly allowing the import of cotton textiles made in Xinjiang, a region of China associated with alleged human rights abuses against the Uyghur people.