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Corporate criminal liability and the identification doctrine - A critical reflection (2023)
Book Chapter
Bourton, S., Hall, D., Johnson, D., & Ryder, N. (in press). Corporate criminal liability and the identification doctrine - A critical reflection. In Criminal Liability of Collective Entities: Dogmatic and Political-Criminal Profiles over Twenty Years after Legislative Decree 231/2001 (405-432). Italy: University of Bergamo

The identification doctrine frustrates the prosecution of companies for economic crimes in the United Kingdom (UK). This is because, while the identification and attribution of criminal intent may be straightforward in cases concerning small companie... Read More about Corporate criminal liability and the identification doctrine - A critical reflection.

What are the merits of taking a hybrid regulatory approach towards the enforcement of corporate financial crime in the United Kingdom and United States of America? (2021)
Journal Article
Johnson, D. (2022). What are the merits of taking a hybrid regulatory approach towards the enforcement of corporate financial crime in the United Kingdom and United States of America?. Journal of White Collar and Corporate Crime, 3(1), 23-32. https://doi.org/10.1177/2631309X211050013

This article focusses on the hybrid regulatory approaches used in both the USA and the UK for the enforcement of corporate financial crime. In particular, the article analyses the use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements, which typically impose a finan... Read More about What are the merits of taking a hybrid regulatory approach towards the enforcement of corporate financial crime in the United Kingdom and United States of America?.

Corporate criminal liability: Response to law commission discussion paper (2021)
Report
Bourton, S., Hall, D., Johnson, D., & Ryder, N. (2021). Corporate criminal liability: Response to law commission discussion paper. Law Commission

This response identifies that there is an overwhelming consensus amongst law enforcement authorities, academics, and other stakeholders, that the identification doctrine frustrates the prosecution of corporations for economic crimes. This is because,... Read More about Corporate criminal liability: Response to law commission discussion paper.

What does Brexit mean for the Competition & Markets Authority? (2020)
Journal Article
Johnson, D. (2020). What does Brexit mean for the Competition & Markets Authority?. New Law Journal, 170(7877), 15

The CMA has issued guidance about how its role as the main UK competition law regulator will change following Brexit. This article looks at how the CMA will cope with the increased quantity and significance of cartels, mergers and competition investi... Read More about What does Brexit mean for the Competition & Markets Authority?.

A competition law first (2019)
Journal Article
Johnson, D. (2019). A competition law first. New Law Journal, 7848,

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published the full text of its first competition law decision in May 2019. The decision related to three asset management firms whose employees operated a cartel sharing price sensitive information during an init... Read More about A competition law first.

Law society breaches competition rules over financial regulation training for conveyancers (2017)
Journal Article
Johnson, D. (2017). Law society breaches competition rules over financial regulation training for conveyancers. Financial Regulation International,

The article considers the impact of a competition law ruling against the Law Society of England and Wales. The Law Society was found to have breached UK competition law rules in relation to its provision of anti-money laundering and mortgage frau... Read More about Law society breaches competition rules over financial regulation training for conveyancers.