Articles & Updates
Proposed amendments to the EU MLD - Fourth time lucky?
Date: 21 May 2012
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Service: Regulatory & Corporate Crime
Zia Ullah, Partner and Victoria Callaghan, Solicitor, of Pannone Solicitors talk through the expected major revisions to the Third EU Money Laundering Directive. Readers will recall that on 15 ...
Oil and gas sanctions - The rising price for the energy sector
Date: 27 April 2012
Publication:
Service: Regulatory & Corporate Crime
Zia Ullah discusses the increasing costs of sanctions for the energy sector and some of the key developments impacting oil and gas companies. In the world of geo-politics, 2011 was ...
Recent case is a crash-course in corruption for shareholders
Date: 22 March 2012
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Service: Corporate Finance; Financial Services; ; Regulatory & Corporate Crime; Regulatory & White Collar Crime; Corporate Recovery; Public Sector
Belfast Crown Court was recently the scene of guilty pleas from four individuals prosecuted for their involvement in bribery and corruption offences relating to civil servants and public procurement in ...
The contaminated land regime is about to change but do not expect too much
Date: 08 March 2012
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Service: Regulatory & Corporate Crime
Draft statutory guidance on the contaminated land regime under Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 was laid before Parliament on the 7th February 2012. If all goes smoothly the guidance ...
A festive risk
Date: 01 December 2011
Publication:
Service: Health and Safety
Fairy lights, candles, open fires – some of the many things that make Christmas so special. Add decorations, packaging, Christmas trees and wrapping paper and a perfect festive picture is almost ...
Director danger – with great power comes great responsibility
Date: 31 October 2011
Publication:
Service: Dispute Resolution; Regulatory & Corporate Crime; Health and Safety
On the 18 October 2011, Mr Malcolm Fyfield was arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. A person may be guilty of gross negligence manslaughter where they breach a duty of care ...
How much does it cost to get investigated by the Health and Safety Executive?
Date: 30 September 2011
Publication: Health, Safety and Environment Bulletin
Service: Regulatory & Corporate Crime; Health and Safety
We’ll soon find out as the HSE looks to introduce its new cost recovery powers. One thing is for sure though – it will not be cheap. A consultation on ...
Food labelling laws set to reduce £12m of wastage each year
Date: 30 September 2011
Publication: Health, Safety and Environment Bulletin
Service: Dispute Resolution; Regulatory & Corporate Crime; Health and Safety
The Government’s new guidance on the application of date labels to food is set to cause a stir in the food-selling businesses. Under new guidelines, the Department for Environment, ...
As accident reporting and health and safety information become less accessible, how will the changes to RIDDOR affect you?
Date: 31 August 2011
Publication: Legal Update
Service: Regulatory & Corporate Crime; Regulatory & White Collar Crime
RIDDOR (The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995) places a legal duty on employers, the self employed or someone in control of work premises to report and record ...
Sanctions and intelligence led due diligence
Date: April 2011
Publication: Legal Update
Service: Regulatory & Corporate Crime
Zia Ullah of Pannone Solicitors, argues that intelligence led due diligence will be the most effective tool for sanctions compliance professionals in the future.The conviction and subsequent imprisonment of ...
Common sense prevails as Government finally publishes bribery guidelines
Date: March 2011
Publication: Legal Update
Service: Regulatory & Corporate Crime
Small and medium sized businesses breathed a sigh of relief today after the government published its long-awaited Bribery Act guidelines which advised companies to adopt a 'risk-based approach'.The Ministry ...
Sanctions - hold on to your hats
Date: February 2011
Publication: Legal Update
Service: Regulatory & Corporate Crime
Zia Ullah, head of Compliance Advisory looks at what challenges compliance professionals faced in 2010 with respect to sanctions and what the year ahead may bring. An edited version of this ...
Environment and Health & Safety Legislation - are you compliant?
Date: 15 December 2010
Publication: Health, Safety and Environment Bulletin
Service: Regulatory & Corporate Crime; Regulatory & White Collar Crime
Environment and Health & Safety Legislation - are you compliant? What is it? The Legislation Update Service offers access to an online legislation register which is then made bespoke to ...
Bribery Act receives royal assent – significant increase in exposure of individuals and organisations to potential criminal liability
Date: 15 December 2010
Publication: Legal Update
Service: Construction & Engineering; Corporate; Disputes Resolution; Projects; Regulatory & Corporate Crime; Regulatory & White Collar Crime
The Bribery Act 2010 ("the Act") has now received royal assent and will, when it comes into force, significantly increase the exposure of individuals and organisations to potential criminal ...
Recouping property losses
Date: 15 December 2010
Publication: Legal Update
Service: Disputes Resolution
Maximum recovery with minimum risk The recession has seen many sectors hit hard, not least of course the commercial property market. There has already been a great deal of ...
Buying a business? Beware of the unknown!
Date: 15 December 2010
Publication: Legal Update
Service: Disputes Resolution
Accounts warranties are likely to be encountered in the majority of business and share sales, but what happens when there is an unknown liability? Does this result in a breach ...
Akzo Nobel: Landmark ECJ ruling on privilege handed down today
Date: 15 December 2010
Publication: Legal Update
Service: Disputes Resolution
The European Court of Justice (the ECJ) has today upheld the decision of the Court of First Instance in Akzo Nobel Chemicals Ltd and Akcros Chemicals Ltd v Commission with ...
A bad investment or just bad advice? Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander (IoM)
Date: 15 December 2010
Publication: Legal Update
Service: Disputes Resolution
The collapse of the Icelandic economy towards the end of 2008 saw the country's largest Bank, Kaupthing Hf, placed in to receivership. This had an enormous effect on savers in the ...
Abolishing the FSA & the implications for the financial crime arena
Date: 15 December 2010
Publication: FSA
Service: Regulatory & Corporate Crime; Regulatory & White Collar Crime
The abolition of the FSA in its current form is not a surprise given the pre-election comments made by George Osborne. The shifting of responsibility for macro-economic prudential supervision to ...
No more safety in the boardroom – review of HSE legal duties
Date: 15 December 2010
Publication: Legal Update
Service: Regulatory & Corporate Crime; Regulatory & White Collar Crime
Following the election, David Cameron has announced the appointment of the Rt Hon Lord Young of Graffham as Adviser to the Prime Minister on health and safety law and practice. ...
Sanctions Compliance- A Paradox?
Date: 15 December 2010
Publication: Legal Update
Service: Regulatory & Corporate Crime; Regulatory & White Collar Crime
Measures to freeze the assets of suspected terrorists or to prevent access to the UK's financial services sector through asset freezing legislation have recently come under close scrutiny, as ...
Sanctions - UK based Iranian entities targeted:
Date: 15 December 2010
Publication: Legal Update
Service: Regulatory & Corporate Crime; Regulatory & White Collar Crime
On 26 July 2010 the EU designated a number of Iranian individuals and entities as a result of the recent UN and US action taken against the Iranian regime. The EU ...
News round-up
Date: 15 December 2010
Publication: Health, Safety and Environment Bulletin
Service: Regulatory & Corporate Crime; Regulatory & White Collar Crime
The impact of conviction For the director of a Dorset haulage firm, a conviction for safety offences was not the end of his troubles. Robert Taylor, director of Translact ...
Enforcement notices: hidden impact
Date: 15 December 2010
Publication: Health, Safety and Environment Bulletin
Service: Regulatory & Corporate Crime; Regulatory & White Collar Crime
HSE statistics show that in 2008/2009 1146 enforcement notices were served by the HSE on business and individuals in the North West alone. In the vast majority of cases these notices will ...
Regulation ‘lite’
Date: 15 December 2010
Publication: Health, Safety and Environment Bulletin
Service: Regulatory & Corporate Crime; Regulatory & White Collar Crime
The Environment Agency (EA) and Natural England (NA) now have new powers to issue civil sanctions for environmental breaches. In the future, companies and individuals who commit minor environmental offences ...
The benefits of engaging staff to go green
Date: 15 December 2010
Publication: Health, Safety and Environment Bulletin
Service: Regulatory & Corporate Crime; Regulatory & White Collar Crime
Businesses account for 40% of the CO2 emissions released into the atmosphere every year in the UK. This demonstrates an area in which changes and considerable CO2 savings can be made. ...
The price of failure
Date: 15 December 2010
Publication: Health, Safety and Environment Bulletin
Service: Regulatory & Corporate Crime; Regulatory & White Collar Crime
Following a lengthy consultation process, the Sentencing Guidelines Council (SGC) has recently published definitive guidelines to judges sentencing organisations convicted of corporate manslaughter offences. The guidelines, which took effect on 15...
Tough European sanctions impose new obligations on business with Iran
Date: 15 December 2010
Publication: Legal Update
Service: Construction & Engineering; Projects; Regulatory & Corporate Crime; Regulatory & White Collar Crime
On 26 July 2010 the EU introduced new sanctions against Iran and further designated a number of Iranian individuals and entities. That the EU would take action was inevitable, particularly as a ...
Keeping up to date?
Date: 15 December 2010
Publication: Health, Safety and Environment Bulletin
Service: Regulatory & Corporate Crime; Regulatory & White Collar Crime
With the volume of safety and environmental legislation steadily growing, we highlight one way you can keep up to date with the legislative requirements of your business. With sanctions for ...
Air conditioning assessments - a bigger impact than you might think
Date: 15 December 2010
Publication: Health, Safety and Environment Bulletin
Service: Regulatory & Corporate Crime; Regulatory & White Collar Crime
In this article Chris Rodgers of ACI Reports Ltd provides a brief overview of the rules regarding Air Conditioning Assessments. The Government may start to fine those who do ...
All eyes upon …?
Date: 15 December 2010
Publication: Health, Safety and Environment Bulletin
Service: Regulatory & Corporate Crime; Regulatory & White Collar Crime
We explain why the investigation of individuals following a workplace accident should be treated as the norm rather than the exception. For well over a decade, many have been eager ...
Environmental sanctions: New powers
Date: 15 December 2010
Publication: Health, Safety and Environment Bulletin
Service: Regulatory & Corporate Crime; Regulatory & White Collar Crime
In the last edition of the HS&E Bulletin, we introduced you to the new regime for civil sanctions for certain environmental offences. In this article, we tell ...
FSA fines Royal Bank of Scotland Group £5.6m for UK sanctions controls failings
Date: August 2010
Publication: Health, Safety and Environment Bulletin
Service: Regulatory & Corporate Crime; Regulatory & White Collar Crime
The FSA has today announced record fines against the RBS group for failures in its systems and controls with respect to the UK financial sanctions regime. This marks a significant ...
Dis-Stress for employers relying on occupational health schemes
Date: February 2009
Publication: Health, Safety and Environment Bulletin
Service: Regulatory & Corporate Crime
Pannone considers the recent Court of Appeal decision of Dickins v 02 which supports stress claims. Previously, such claims were difficult to maintain where companies had occupational health schemes in place....
News round-up
Date: February 2009
Publication: Health, Safety and Environment Bulletin
Service: Regulatory & Corporate Crime
Beware Falling into Bad HabitsPlymouth County Council has been found guilty of breaches of the Health and Safety at Work Act which resulted in a 22-year-old worker being crushed to ...
A Lost Opportunity
Date: February 2009
Publication: Health, Safety and Environment Bulletin
Service: Regulatory & Corporate Crime
A House of Lords decision on health and safety has sent a strong message to company directors to make certain they take all reasonable steps to comply with safety legislation. ...
Confused by Energy and Climate Change Legislation?
Date: February 2009
Publication: Health, Safety and Environment Bulletin
Service: Regulatory & Corporate Crime
The Energy Performance of Building Directive imposes legal obligations on many businesses. The regime for energy performance certificates was extended to commercial premises in October 2008. There are new legal requirements ...
Driver Certificate of Professional Competence
Date: September 2008
Publication: Transport Bulletin
Service: Regulatory & Corporate Crime
Driver Certificate of Professional Competence TransportThe long awaited implementation of the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (Driver CPC) looms on the horizon for goods vehicle operators. Hauliers will be watching ...
Tougher penalties for drivers involved in fatal accidents
Date: September 2008
Publication: Transport Bulletin
Service: Regulatory & Corporate Crime
Drivers involved in fatal accidents face tougher sentences under updated guidelines published by the Sentencing Guidelines Council. All judges and magistrates refer to these guidelines when deciding on appropriate penalties ...
More trucks speeding on UK Roads
Date: September 2008
Publication: Transport Bulletin
Service: Regulatory & Corporate Crime
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Road Safety Act 2006: Update
Date: September 2008
Publication: Transport Bulletin
Service: Regulatory & Corporate Crime
In the last issue of our Transport Bulletin, Anthony Barnfather, Head of our Regulatory department, introduced some of the new offences created by Road Safety Act 2006. Some of the most ...