BCL partner, John Binns writes for The Times discussing whether additional transparency and enforcement will be effective against economic crime in 2023.
BCL’s Shula de Jersey and Matt Davies write for Law360 analysing what the SFO has achieved so far this year and what could be on the horizon for the agency during the remainder of the year.
In this article Shula de Jersey and Matt Davies provide a brief mid-year update looking at what the Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) has achieved so far this year and what is on its plate for the rest of the year.
BCL’s Shula de Jersey and Matt Davies analyse what caused two of the Serious Fraud Office investigations to go so seriously wrong, in their article for Reports Legal and Dominic Carman.
BCL partner, Shula de Jersey assesses the findings of the recent reports by Brian Altman QC and Sir David Calvert- Smith’s into the actions of the SFO, for Edward Fennell’s Legal Diary.
Following the publication last week of the Calvert-Smith and Altman reports into the SFO, BCL partner Richard Sallybanks has been quoted in GIR’s latest article “SFO reviews pile on the pressure” about how the SFO’s disclosure failings in these cases should be addressed by proper resourcing, funding and training, and not by any lessening of the SFO’s disclosure obligations.
BCL partner, Richard Sallybanks has been quoted in The Times discussing the SFO’s decision to outsource the disclosure process in the prosecution of G4S after an eight-year investigation into the private security company and the use of third party suppliers to assist with large investigations.
With the SFO operating under a shadow cast by the independent reviews being conducted by Sir David Calvert-Smith and Brian Altman QC, BCL partner Richard Sallybanks and senior associate Anoushka Warlow look at where next for the beleaguered agency.