Scottish health and safety enforcement

Acknowledging the importance of Scottish corporate crime practice to our customers, we are developing a set of content on Scottish corporate crime law for Scottish practitioners. The content provides an essential resource for Scottish practitioners while the guidance will also assist practitioners in England and Wales dealing with cross-border criminal investigations where it is necessary to have an understanding of health and safety enforcement in Scotland.

Scotland toolkit

The Scotland toolkit is a research tool collating guidance on key areas of law that are specifically

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Corporate Crime weekly highlights—21 November 2024

This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the recently released statutory guidance on the failure to prevent fraud offence and the procedures that companies are expected to implement in order to comply, of the UK and EU approaches to sanctions enforcement which shows that the UK is making progress when it comes to effective sanctions enforcement and of the ASA’s use of AI to monitor adverts to proactively pursue so-called ‘greenwashing’ claims. Also included is news of upcoming changes to sanctions legislation, including the expansion of reporting obligations to cover additional sectors, of the public call for evidence to support the work of the independent sentencing review and of a company being fined £1.28m after an employee was crushed to death by a lorry. All this, and more, in this week’s Corporate Crime highlights.

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All eyes on the SFO after LC&F Ponzi scheme ruling

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OPSS updates enforcement service standards in line with revised policy

The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) has revised its enforcement service standards document as of 20 November 2024, aligning it with their updated enforcement policy. This guidance, aimed at businesses regulated by OPSS, outlines the efficient and professional service they can expect from the authority. The document reaffirms OPSS's commitment to fair, unbiased, and objective treatment of regulated entities, adherence to relevant legal requirements and codes of practice, and a supportive approach to compliance and growth. It also emphasises OPSS's collaborative efforts with local, national, and international regulatory counterparts to streamline business engagement and share expertise.

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