An amendment to the Criminal Finances Bill (the Bill) WILL amend the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) to allow the High Court to make orders designating the conduct of a person – wherever it occurs – as connected to a gross human rights abuse, and to set prohibitions on that person’s ability to deal […]

The UK tax authority’s (HM Revenue & Customs) campaign against tax evasion will be bolstered, from autumn 2017, by a new corporate criminal offence of failing to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion. The offence appears in Part 3 of the Criminal Finances Bill which was introduced into Parliament in October 2016 Under the new […]

HM The Queen’s Speech included plans to introduce a Criminal Finances Bill which will reform the UK laws on proceeds of crime, including provisions to strengthen enforcement powers and to protect the public. The main elements of the Bill are: the introduction of a criminal offence for corporations who fail to stop their staff facilitating […]