Neill Blundell
Macfarlanes LLP
Articles
CPS announces landmark economic crime strategy, including new dedicated court
United Kingdom - April 1 2021 The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched its first ever comprehensive strategy to combat Economic Crime. This announcement is intended to…
Supreme Court to review Bloomberg privacy injunction
United Kingdom - February 2 2021 The Supreme Court will for the first time examine the question of whether a person who is under criminal investigation, but who has yet to be charged…
Big fraud: FCA proposes regulation of tech giants in relation to financial scams
United Kingdom - January 21 2021 On Monday the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released its review of consumer investments data for 2020 (the Review). In the Review the FCA argues…
No expansion of the failure to prevent offence... for now
United Kingdom - January 14 2021 FCA-regulated companies have been given a reprieve, as an amendment to the Financial Services Bill 2019-21 (FSB), which would have introduced a…
Green shoots: recent developments in the legal cannabis industry
United Kingdom - January 11 2021 Investing legally in the cannabis industry has troubled many UK investors and investment managers over the last couple of years. This is due to the…
