“Failure to prevent market abuse : a potential new corporate criminal offence?” Neil Swift, Craig Hogg & Katie Jones discuss in Business Law Review

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On 7th April 2020, the FCA published its 2020/21 Business Plan, in which the regulator renewed its commitment to developing clean markets, robust in their resistance to the threat of market abuse. In its statement, the regulator, facing growing instability in the markets brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, warned against the risk posed by […]

Jason Woodland and Amalia Neenan discuss the need for civil investigations to trace crypto fraud in light of the recent celebrity Twitter bitcoin scam in The Fintech Times

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With the world of crypto offering fertile ground for fraud, what can victims do? Ultimately, when crypto-assets are stolen, the victim will be presented with a choice: whether to make a complaint to the authorities (pursing a criminal route) and/or seeking a civil claim. The best option will depend on a myriad of factors; but, as […]

Keith Oliver, Amy Harvey and Amalia Neenan assess the impact of regulation and civil remedies on crypto-criminality in Commercial Litigation Journal

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2019 was a big year for cryptocurrencies and their ilk. Cryptocurrency security firm CipherTrace recently reported that crypto-criminals stole over $4.26bn in the first half of 2019 alone. This is unsurprising given some of the high-profile scandals that have come to light during the year. One of the highest profile scams of 2019 that has […]

Keith Oliver is quoted in Bloomberg on the latest challenge to facial recognition technology in the wake of R (Bridges) v Chief Constable of South Wales Police

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A London Court has upheld the ruling that the UK police force were in breach of human rights and data-protection laws when deploying facial recognition technology. The Court of Appeal ruled that the South Wales police force did not take the necessary steps to ensure that the software program did not have an unacceptable bias […]

Emma Ruane (Of Counsel) and Philip Gardner (Associate) published in ThoughtLeaders FIRE Magazine

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Emma Ruane (Of Counsel) and Philip Gardner (Associate) have co-authored an article in ThoughtLeaders FIRE Magazine regarding the recent judgments of Mr Justice Freedman in Les Ambassadeurs Club Limited –v- Sheikh Salah Hamdan Albluewi [2020] EWHC 1313 and 1368 (QB). The article summarises the important guidance that the judgments provide regarding dissipation, material non-disclosure and […]

Anna Bradshaw is quoted by The Financial Times on increases in anti-money laundering fines

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Partner Anna Bradshaw comments on the causes of the increases in the fines imposed for anti-money laundering failures during the first half of this year, in excess of the total imposed for the whole of 2019.  She agrees that these include a lack of resourcing and system upgrades. “This would be consistent with our experience […]

“Show Me The Monet”: Using Civil Remedies to illuminate the shady arts world. Head of Commercial Litigation and Civil Fraud, Jonathan Tickner and Legal Researcher, Amalia Neenan discuss in WealthBriefing

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Andy Warhol famously said that: “making money is art…good business is the best art.” In the context of the current art market, his words have never resonated with more truth. The artwork trade is particularly lucrative, so much so that in 2018, the global art market was valued at approximately $67.4 billion. But with so […]