News & Insights

31Mar2023

The UK risks falling behind on ESG regulation, but it is no time for complacency

31st March 2023

News, News & Insights, Regulatory, Richard Reichman

Richard Reichman writes for Global Investigations Review highlighting the upsurge of ESG risks through strengthening regulatory requirements, novel legal claims and severe reputational damage. It is a crucial time for companies to digest the warnings and act.

31Mar2023

Betting Business Fined Record £19.2M For ‘Alarming’ AML Breaches

31st March 2023

Karen Peacock

Anti-Money Laundering, Corporate Crime, Financial Crime, John Binns, News, News & Insights

BCL’s John Binns has been quoted in the Law360 article discussing the gambling regulator’s fines for subsidiaries of a large gambling company for “widespread and alarming” anti-money laundering and social responsibility failures.

29Mar2023

Supply Chains and the Proceeds of Crime: A Green Light for Slavery Products?

29th March 2023

Karen Peacock

Anti-Money Laundering, Corporate Crime, Financial Crime, Insights, John Binns, Money Laundering, News & Insights, Regulatory, Sanctions and Export Controls

A recent judgment endorses UK investigators’ doubts about pursuing retailers whose supply chains seem to involve the proceeds of crime. But is it right? BCL partner, John Binns writes.

28Mar2023

COVID behind plunge in UK tax evasion cases, say sources – International Tax Review

28th March 2023

Karen Peacock

Financial Crime, Greg Mailer, News, News & Insights, Regulatory, Tax and Revenue Investigations

BCL’s Greg Mailer has been quoted in the ITR (International Tax Review) article exploring the reasons behind reports that HMRC’s prosecution rates for tax evasion enablers fell by 80%.

27Feb2023

Safety is not rocket science

27th February 2023

Karen Peacock

Health and Safety, Insights, News & Insights, Regulatory, Tom McNeill

Last year, in its ten year strategy, the Health and Safety Executive announced that it is looking to regulate workplace safety in ‘different ways’, in the light of the maturity and understanding of business in managing such risks.[1] What does such an intention mean for organisations with mature health and safety systems which have conscientiously sought to ensure safety, if they experience a serious accident?

22Feb2023

BCL’s John Binns speaks at English Law Day Conference in Istanbul 2023

22nd February 2023

Karen Peacock

News, News & Insights, Regulatory, Sanctions and Export Controls

BCL partner, John Binns will be joining the expert panel of speakers at the English Law Day Conference in Istanbul organised by The Eurasian CIS Legal Professionals’ Forum, in association with The Bar Council of England & Wales, taking place on Thursday 09th March 2023.

20Feb2023

BCL Solicitors LLP named in the 2022 GIR 100 top global investigations firms

20th February 2023

Karen Peacock

Commendations, News & Insights

BCL Solicitors LLP are delighted to be named in the Global Investigations Review (GIR) top 100 investigations firms 2022– a guide to the world’s leading firms for corporate investigations.

20Feb2023

Richard Reichman speaks to The Guardian on greenwashing

20th February 2023

Karen Peacock

News, News & Insights, Regulatory, Richard Reichman

BCL partner, Richard Reichman has been quoted in The Guardian’s article on greenwashing, discussing the potential fines that UK companies could see for misleading claims.

20Feb2023

”UK sanctions—a year in review” John Binns writes for LexisNexis

20th February 2023

Karen Peacock

Corporate Crime, John Binns, News, News & Insights

To say that this has been a game-changing year in UK sanctions would be an understatement. Almost a year since the start of the conflict in Ukraine, BCL partner John Binns writes for LexisNexis reflecting on what the last year has taught us about how sanctions regulation and enforcement has developed and what to expect in the future.

17Feb2023

ESG harms and supply chain due diligence – is the UK falling behind?

17th February 2023

Karen Peacock

Insights, News & Insights, Regulatory, Richard Reichman

Novel claims for alleged environmental and human rights harms in the operations and supply chains of household name companies are mounting. They highlight a gap in the UK’s regulatory regime and the risk of falling behind where it once proclaimed its lead.