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Corrupt corporations and the facilitation of tax crimes: A review of the United Kingdom's enforcement mechanisms (2023)
Journal Article
Bourton, S., & Ryder, N. (in press). Corrupt corporations and the facilitation of tax crimes: A review of the United Kingdom's enforcement mechanisms. Law and Contemporary Problems, 101-134

Financial crime is synonymous with the seminal work of Edwin H. Sutherland, which used the term “white-collar crime” in 1940. Sutherland defined the term as “a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his... Read More about Corrupt corporations and the facilitation of tax crimes: A review of the United Kingdom's enforcement mechanisms.

Fireside chat: How effective is the failure to prevent model in tackling financial crimes in the UK? With Dr Alison Lui (Liverpool John Moores University) and Dr Bastian Hertstein (Financial Crime Strategy, Government of Jersey) (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Bourton, S., Lui, A., & Hertstein, B. (2022, December). Fireside chat: How effective is the failure to prevent model in tackling financial crimes in the UK? With Dr Alison Lui (Liverpool John Moores University) and Dr Bastian Hertstein (Financial Crime Strategy, Government of Jersey). Presented at Anti-Financial Crime Summit, London

Exchange of information and financial crime in the United Kingdom (2022)
Report
Bourton, S., Ryder, N., & Brimblecombe, F. (2022). Exchange of information and financial crime in the United Kingdom. Synalogik

Can I share data with my colleagues? Can I share data with other agencies or organisations? The ability to legally share personal data with and between government departments, law enforcement bodies and third parties in England and Wales is a com... Read More about Exchange of information and financial crime in the United Kingdom.

Technology and tax evasion in the world of finance: An indispensable helping hand or a façade for crime facilitation? (2021)
Book Chapter
Ramgulam, V., & Bourton, S. (2021). Technology and tax evasion in the world of finance: An indispensable helping hand or a façade for crime facilitation?. In A. Lui, & N. Ryder (Eds.), FinTech, Artificial Intelligence and the Law. Routledge

Ever since imposition of the first income tax, individuals have attempted to evade their tax liabilities. Tax evasion involves the non-payment of a tax liability that taxpayer was legally obligated to pay, usually because relevant information, income... Read More about Technology and tax evasion in the world of finance: An indispensable helping hand or a façade for crime facilitation?.

Response to Law Commission’s Consultation on its 14th Programme of Law Reform (2021)
Report
Bourton, S. Response to Law Commission’s Consultation on its 14th Programme of Law Reform. Law Commission

Historically, little use was made of the criminal justice system in addressing tax evasion in the United Kingdom (UK), with tax authorities preferring to conduct civil investigations, resulting in the imposition of civil penalties. From 1998-2002, th... Read More about Response to Law Commission’s Consultation on its 14th Programme of Law Reform.

A critical and comparative analysis of the prevention of tax evasion through the application of law and enforcement policies in the United Kingdom and United States of America (2021)
Thesis
Bourton, S. A critical and comparative analysis of the prevention of tax evasion through the application of law and enforcement policies in the United Kingdom and United States of America. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7316976

Following the global financial crisis, and a number of tax evasion scandals, there has been an increased public demand for countries to tackle tax evasion. In response, the past two decades have seen the diffusion of international cooperation in tax... Read More about A critical and comparative analysis of the prevention of tax evasion through the application of law and enforcement policies in the United Kingdom and United States of America.

Broken promises? Tax enforcement policy in the UK (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Bourton, S. (2021, March). Broken promises? Tax enforcement policy in the UK. Presented at Dissemination event for the EU-funded PROTAX project, Centre for Financial and Corporate Integrity, Coventry University

Too Much Information? Evaluating the Financial Intelligence Gathering Provisions of the Fourth European Union Anti-Money Laundering Directive and the Common Reporting Standard in Combatting Tax Evasion (2019)
Book Chapter
Bourton, S. (in press). Too Much Information? Evaluating the Financial Intelligence Gathering Provisions of the Fourth European Union Anti-Money Laundering Directive and the Common Reporting Standard in Combatting Tax Evasion. In K. Benson, C. King, & C. Walker (Eds.), Assets, Crimes and the State Innovation in 21st Century Legal ResponsesTaylor & Francis (Routledge)

National Adaptations of the GDPR (2019)
Book
Bourton, S. (2019). S. Bourton, K. McCullagh, & O. Tambou (Eds.). National Adaptations of the GDPR. Blog Droit Europeen