Max Hobbs
Macfarlanes LLP
Articles
Rock, paper, scissors: UK court prevents disclosure of documents to comply with a US subpoena
United Kingdom, USA - February 18 2019 In a judgment on 12 February 2019, Mr Justice Hildyard ruled in the High Court that a company was not permitted to deliver documents that it had…
Economic crime in the UK: What is going on?
United Kingdom - February 2 2022 There have been so many developments in the realm of “Economic Crime” in the last two weeks that it has been hard to keep up. To summarise just a few…
SARs in Their Eyes: the UKFIU releases its Suspicious Activity Reports Annual Report 2019
United Kingdom - November 7 2019 The UK Financial Intelligence Unit (UKFIU) has published its Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) Annual Report for 2019. This report summarises the…
Sharing is caring: UK government issues guidance on sharing information within corporate groups for AML purposes
United Kingdom - May 13 2020 The UK government published a statement on 12 May 2020 that provides guidance to international corporate groups on sharing information across borders…
Who, me? The Criminal Court of Appeal gives its backing to the "identification principle"
United Kingdom - July 30 2019 The Criminal Court of Appeal has given its support to the "identification principle" in its judgment dated 23 July 2019 in the case of R v Alstom…
