News

9Jul2020

BCL Solicitors ranked as a leading firm with six leading partners in Chambers High Net Worth Guide 2020

9th July 2020

Commendations, Harry Travers, Ian Burton, Jane Glass, Michael Drury, News, News & Insights, Richard Sallybanks, Shaul Brazil

Chambers & Partners have now published the 2020 edition of their High Net Worth (HNW) Guide and BCL has been top-ranked (Band 1) in Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals – UK, with six partners identified as leading individuals and ranked as follows:

19Jun2020

AML and solicitors: time to root out the bad apples? John Binns writes for Money Laundering Bulletin

19th June 2020

Charlie Smith

Anti-Money Laundering, John Binns, News, News & Insights

BCL partner John Binns writes for Money Laundering Bulletin discussing The new draft business plan of the UK’s Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), saying it will regularly visit ‘high risk’ law firms to check their AML compliance.

11Jun2020

Emerging from COVID-19: an opportunity for prosecutors? – Greta Barkle and Jonathan Flynn write for Fraud Intelligence

11th June 2020

Charlie Smith

Greta Barkle, Jonathan Flynn, News, News & Insights

BCL associates Greta Barkle and Jonathan Flynn‘s article ‘Emerging from COVID-19: an opportunity for prosecutors?’ has been published by Fraud Intelligence.

10Jun2020

Civil recovery and tax evasion – Harry Travers and John Binns write for Money Laundering Bulletin

10th June 2020

Charlie Smith

Harry Travers, John Binns, Money Laundering, News, News & Insights, Serious Fraud

BCL partners Harry Travers and John Binns write for Money Laundering Bulletin on HMRC’s increased use of Account Freezing Orders.

12May2020

COVID-19 and medical cannabis: Could the crisis bring opportunities? – John Binns writes for Open Access Government

12th May 2020

Charlie Smith

John Binns, News, News & Insights

BCL partner John Binns writes for Open Access Government with his latest article, ‘COVID-19 and medical cannabis: Could the crisis bring opportunities?’

7May2020

Julian Hayes and Andrew Watson’s Contact Tracing article published by multiple publications

7th May 2020

Charlie Smith

Andrew Watson, Julian Hayes, News, News & Insights

Julian Hayes and Andrew Watson’s previously published article ‘Data protection – another COVID-19 casualty?‘ has now been picked up by the key industry titles, Euronews, Infosecurity, Data Protection Magazine, Open Access Government and Information Age.

30Apr2020

Richard Reichman talks to ENDS Report

30th April 2020

Charlie Smith

News, News & Insights, Regulatory, Richard Reichman

BCL partner Richard Reichman has been quoted in an article from ENDS Report titled ‘Reg 61: The information request pitfalls to avoid’

30Apr2020

ICO’s modified approach to data regulation during COVID-19 – Julian Hayes and Greta Barkle talk to Euronews

30th April 2020

Charlie Smith

Data Protection, Greta Barkle, Julian Hayes, News, News & Insights

BCL partner Julian Hayes and associate Greta Barkle’s article titled ‘The UK ICO’s modified approach to data regulation during COVID-19 is welcome but risks remain’ has been published by Euronews.

22Apr2020

Tackling COVID-19 online disinformation – Julian Hayes and Greta Barkle write for Open Access Government

22nd April 2020

Charlie Smith

Greta Barkle, Julian Hayes, News, News & Insights

BCL partner Julian Hayes and Associate Greta Barkle’s article titled ‘Infodemic – Tackling COVID-19 online disinformation’ has been published by Open Access Government.

17Apr2020