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Global Investigations Bulletin (December 2021) Our latest Global Investigations Bulletin for December 2021 is now available. This month, we discuss the UK framework for debarment from public contracts, and set out the latest news in global investigations and enforcement actions. Recent...

Global Investigations Bulletin (November 2021) Our November Global Investigations Bulletin is now available. This month, we review corporate liability for economic crimes, and set out the latest news in global investigations and enforcement actions. Group News Rankings: We were pleased to be ranked...

Global Investigations Bulletin (October 2021) Our latest Global Investigations Bulletin for October 2021 is now available. This month, we discuss NatWest’s guilty plea for breaches of the 2007 Money Laundering Regulations, and set out the latest news in global investigations and enforcement actions....

Global Investigations Bulletin (September 2021) Our latest Global Investigations Bulletin for September 2021 is now available. This month, we discuss the UK’s post-Brexit sanctions regulatory framework, and set out the latest news in global investigations and enforcement actions. Sanctions after...

Corporate Group Liability and ESG - A good time to review For corporate groups, addressing Environment, Social and Governance factors (ESG) successfully will require a co-ordinated effort across the whole of the group. New legislation and case law including Okpabi, Vedanta and Maran , as well as a general...

Global Investigations Bulletin (July 2021) In our latest Global Investigations Bulletin for July 2021 we discuss the global settlement agreements secured by Slaughter and May client John Wood Group, and set out the latest news in global investigations and enforcement actions. John Wood Group plc...

Global Investigations Bulletin (June 2021) Our latest Global Investigations Bulletin for June 2021 is now available. This month, we take a look at the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, set out the latest news in global investigations and enforcement actions, and provide key horizon scanning...

Global Investigations Bulletin (April 2021) Our latest Global Investigations Bulletin for April 2021 is now available. This month, we discuss the Financial Conduct Authority’s initiation of criminal proceedings against NatWest for breaches of the 2007 Money Laundering Regulations. We also set out...

Employment Bulletin - November 2024 Topics covered in this bulletin: Employment Rights Bill; general workforce consultation on individual redundancy dismissal; pre-termination negotiations inadmissible in unfair dismissal claim; new offence of failure to prevent fraud Employment Rights Bill...

Companies can claim privilege against their shareholders In a landmark judgment, the Commercial Court has decided that a company’s shareholders have no freestanding entitlement to see the company’s privileged documents. The decision, which revisits what many considered a long-established rule of English law,...