BCL partner, John Binns speaks to LexisNexis discussing the Government’s intention to bring forward a failure to prevent fraud (FTP) offence in the ECCT Bill when it progresses to the House of Lords.

Although asset freezes under POCA and financial sanctions laws (latterly SAMLA) have been around for some time, the expansion of scope this year of the RSRs has vastly increased the potential for UK businesses and courts to have to deal with overlaps between the two. BCL partner John Binns writes for LexisNexis discussing a case of R (Ingliston) v Westminster MC (NCA, Aven).