10/7/2025 3:45:59 PM FCA Skilled Person Reviews: What Regulated Firms Need to Know By Matthew Garbutt The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has the power to appoint independent “skilled persons” to examine how regulated firms conduct their...
10/2/2025 8:03:12 AM The Power of Whistleblowing in Tackling Fraud By Devonshires News Nikki Bowker, Partner at Devonshires, sat down with Steve Moseley, Executive Group Director for Governance and Transformation at L&Q, to...
9/30/2025 9:20:34 AM Q&A with Nicola Evans L&Q By Nikki Bowker Nikki Bowker of Devonshires recently sat down with Nicola Evans who kindly agreed to answer some questions around L&Q’s first tenancy...
9/8/2025 9:14:54 AM ECCTA in Practice: How Company Secretaries Must Adapt to the New Rules By Chantelle Adadevoh The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) received royal assent on 26 October 2023. ECCTA serves as an essential...
8/21/2025 1:16:58 PM No Backdoor, No Break-In: Why the UK backed down in privacy row against Apple By Danielle Atkinson The US director of national intelligence says the UK has withdrawn its request to access all Apple users' data when required. The UK...
8/20/2025 9:59:06 AM Corporate Crackdown: New Prosecution Guidance Ahead of "Failure to Prevent Fraud" Offence By Avary Patutama Matthew Garbutt David Pack The UK's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and Serious Fraud Office (SFO) updated guidance on corporate prosecutions serves as a timely...
6/30/2025 10:42:54 AM Fraud’s new frontline: Why civil litigators are thinking criminal By Michael Lewis The traditional divide between civil and criminal enforcement is blurring, particularly in complex fraud cases. With public agencies...
6/26/2025 4:20:14 PM Who’s policing the platform? Platform liability and the rising tide of online fraud By Michael Lewis Online fraud is now the UK’s most common crime. And while victims once bore the brunt alone, attention is turning sharply toward the...
6/20/2025 3:48:43 PM 8 Key Takeaways from our Litigation Risk for Audit & Risk Committees Webinar By Avary Patutama On 18 June 2025, Matthew Garbutt and Avary Patutama of our Litigation & Dispute Resolution team delivered a webinar designed to equip...
6/13/2025 1:21:30 PM A wind of change is blowing: The Office of the Whistleblower Bill By Pauline Lépissier A raft of legislative changes have been taking place to contribute to the fight against fraud. Successive laws have for instance expanded...
6/12/2025 10:20:37 AM APP Fraud Meets AI: A Smarter Threat Needs a Smarter Response By Isabel Keefe Authorised Push Payment (“APP”) fraud is where an account holder, often a consumer, is tricked into authorising a bank transfer to a...
5/1/2025 7:59:55 AM Private prosecutions: What they are, how they work, and why they matter By Matthew Garbutt Private prosecutions are a little-known but powerful legal tool. They allow individuals or organisations to bring criminal proceedings...