Partner Anna Bradshaw recently participated in the 43rd International Symposium on Economic Crime in Cambridge, one of the world’s foremost forums for discussion of economic crime, financial regulation and cross-border enforcement. Anna delivered two speaking engagements as part of the conference programme. Anna took part in a plenary workshop examining the misuse of confidential information, insider […]
The UK’s approach to whistleblowing needs reforming. Currently, the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA) offers the only legislative “protection” for those reporting wrongdoing. However, this is limited to employment situations, such as speaking out against an employer, and offers no protection to those raising concerns about clients, suppliers, contractors and other parties. Self-employed workers […]
The role that whistleblowers play in uncovering wrongdoing and misconduct in the public and private sectors has long been recognised as being essential. As such, is there anything else that could be done to protect and encourage anyone who is considering speaking out? In this article for FT Adviser, Neil Swift discusses what protections are […]
UK law enforcers are often envious of their US counterparts and the tools that the latter have at their disposal to investigate, regulate and deter financial crime and misconduct. However, there is one mechanism that UK regulators and legislators seem less than enthusiastic about adopting, namely whistleblower awards. In Business Reporter, Neil Swift makes the […]
