Prosecutors are weighing charges over the Grenfell Tower fire after a nine-year police investigation, but lawyers say that building criminal cases from the evidence will be difficult because of the potential number of defendants and complex chains of responsibility.
Proposals to reward whistleblowers for information could put the Serious Fraud Office back on boardroom agendas, despite the controversy and practical hurdles facing the government's proposed incentive program, lawyers say.
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Lawyers and MPs are calling for an externally-led investigation into the handling by the Financial Conduct Authority of whistleblower Simon Andriesz before his recent suicide, the latest in a series of controversies over its treatment of whistleblowers.
Lawyers say they expect more people to claim compensation for silicosis developed as a result of exposure in the workplace amid a rise in regulatory action and diagnoses of the incurable progressive lung condition.
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Prosecutors are weighing charges over the Grenfell Tower fire after a nine-year police investigation, but lawyers say that building criminal cases from the evidence will be difficult because of the potential number of defendants and complex chains of responsibility.
Proposals to reward whistleblowers for information could put the Serious Fraud Office back on boardroom agendas, despite the controversy and practical hurdles facing the government's proposed incentive program, lawyers say.
Lawyers and MPs are calling for an externally-led investigation into the handling by the Financial Conduct Authority of whistleblower Simon Andriesz before his recent suicide, the latest in a series of controversies over its treatment of whistleblowers.
Lawyers say they expect more people to claim compensation for silicosis developed as a result of exposure in the workplace amid a rise in regulatory action and diagnoses of the incurable progressive lung condition.
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October 14, 2026
European enforcers have accepted commitments from Sanofi over concerns that it blocked competition from a rival flu vaccine for vulnerable patients by making disparaging statements to healthcare professionals in Germany and France.
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October 14, 2026
The U.K. tax authority outlined its soccer compliance work to a parliamentary committee in a letter released Wednesday, but it remained silent on the findings of an independent soccer commission that Manchester City Football Club used "sham" contracts to inflate its income.
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October 14, 2026
A Swiss commodities trader and its Dutch owner argued in a London court Wednesday that the company should not be sanctioned for trading in Russian oil, saying the decision was irrational because it had only traded on international commodities markets.
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October 14, 2026
The U.K.'s Labour government should be wary of raising capital gains tax rates in its autumn budget given the risks for businesses and investment, a former adviser to Prime Minister Andy Burnham told a parliamentary committee Wednesday.
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October 14, 2026
A City lawyer denied on Wednesday that he was a shadow director at British Home Stores prior to its collapse, insisting at a London court that his only role was to "advise and assist."
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October 14, 2026
A software engineer has sued BitMEX, alleging that the cryptocurrency exchange and trading platform founded by Reform UK donor Ben Delo sold him unlicensed crypto-derivatives, leading to losses of more than £10 million ($13.2 million).
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October 14, 2026
A disciplinary tribunal has disbarred a barrister and former part-time judge for professional misconduct after he was convicted of defrauding a public legal aid fund out of £1.8 million ($2.4 million).
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October 14, 2026
Comedian and actor Russell Brand was "ruthless, calculating and manipulative" and a "sexual predator," prosecutors told the opening of a rape and sexual assault trial on Wednesday.
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October 14, 2026
A real estate lender has sued Colliers for at least £5 million ($7 million), accusing the building consultancy of providing fraudulent and dishonest reports that induced it to provide loan facilities to a construction company for two developments.
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October 13, 2026
The U.K. government has reaffirmed its commitment to increasing the size of the magistracy by 50% and lifting the cap on Crown Court sitting days as it embraced the overwhelming majority of recommendations from an independent review to tackle backlogs and other problems in the criminal court system.
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October 13, 2026
A Singapore-based petroleum company asked a London appellate court on Tuesday to impose a worldwide freezing order on its former chief executive and "de facto" chief financial officer.
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October 13, 2026
Three people have been arrested following an operation targeting an alleged criminal insider dealing and money laundering ring, the Financial Conduct Authority said Tuesday.
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October 13, 2026
The Serious Fraud Office urged companies Tuesday to self-report wrongdoing to improve their chances of securing deferred prosecution agreements, as the agency laid out plans to make it easier for companies to admit misconduct.
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October 13, 2026
Meta told a court on Tuesday that the communications watchdog wrongly gave itself the power to impose penalties on social media companies at an "unprecedented level of magnitude" under the Online Safety Act.
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October 13, 2026
Two business units of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group have agreed to settle six separate disputes with aircraft leasing companies that have been wrangling over payment for planes and engines stranded in Russia since the country's invasion of Ukraine.
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October 13, 2026
Two financial advisers have pleaded guilty to fraud after four clients lost £2 million ($2.6 million) in a case involving false documents and misused money, the Financial Conduct Authority said Tuesday.
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October 13, 2026
Chinese law must determine whether fraud victims are owed a share of more than £5 billion ($7 billion) in seized cryptocurrency, a London court has ruled, improving the U.K.'s chances of retaining the record haul.
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October 13, 2026
A tribunal has delayed the Financial Conduct Authority's motor finance compensation program until February 2027 to allow for the use of expert evidence and to require the regulator to disclose more detail of its redress calculations.
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October 12, 2026
The Serious Fraud Office gave company boardrooms on Tuesday a direct line to its head of legal services to speed up settlement discussions, hours after the government said it would press ahead with plans to pay whistleblowers for intelligence on misconduct.
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October 12, 2026
The investment arm of Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris' family told a London court Monday that it is owed approximately $150 million after it was duped into pouring millions into a foreign exchange business that was secretly controlled by outsiders using it to "milk" fees.
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October 12, 2026
The makers of hit TV show "The Great British Bake Off" have denied that a former head producer was contractually entitled to incentive payments, arguing that her alleged financial misconduct disqualified her from a final £755,752 ($998,000) payout.
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October 12, 2026
Justice Colin Birss has warned judges in England and Wales that they must not allow artificial intelligence to replace their own decision-making.
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October 12, 2026
A collapsed property marketing business has been found liable for mis-selling luxury care home leases to dozens of retirees and small-scale investors who lost £2.8 million ($3.7 million) when the developments failed.
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October 12, 2026
The Financial Conduct Authority has banned a former NASA scientist from working in the financial services sector, after he was imprisoned for a £1 million ($1.3 million) investment fraud.
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October 12, 2026
Harbottle & Lewis LLP said Monday that it has launched a white-collar and corporate crime practice by hiring an Eversheds Sutherland partner who was also a Financial Conduct Authority prosecutor.