The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has launched a call for evidence on the reform of the law on corporate liability for economic crime, focusing on criminal offences designed to prevent economic crimes such as fraud, false accounting and money laundering when committed on behalf or in the name of companies.  The call for evidence seeks views on:

• whether the need to prove the involvement of a “directing mind” in corporate offending is hindering the prosecution of companies for wrongdoing; and
• alternatives to proving “directing mind” complicity in corporate criminal conduct, including US-style ‘vicarious’ liability offences and the “failure to prevent” model.
• Comments should be submitted by 24 March 2017.