Dr Diana Johnson's Outputs (36)

Failure to prevent fraud: Fireside chat (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Panel discussion with Dr Bastian Hertstein (Financial Crime Strategy, Government of Jersey) and Dr Samantha Bourton (UWE)

Review of the senior managers & certification regime (2023)
Journal Article

Following the 2022 Edinburgh Reforms, in which the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a set of reforms designed to drive growth and competitiveness in the financial services sector, both HM Treasury and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) with t... Read More about Review of the senior managers & certification regime.

Can competition law aid the United Kingdom in its fight against financial crime? (2023)
Journal Article

This article investigates the laws used in the United Kingdom (UK) to enforce the financial crime of benchmark interest rate manipulation, the most well-known example of which took place in the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and the Foreign Ex... Read More about Can competition law aid the United Kingdom in its fight against financial crime?.

Response to Bank of England consultation (2023)
Report

Response to a consultation launched by the Bank of England in relation to the Senior Managers and Consultation regime.

Can competition law play a role in the enforcement of financial crime in the United Kingdom? (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Competition law has not played any significant role in the enforcement of financial crime in the United Kingdom (UK). Lessons can be learnt from the approaches adopted in the United States of America (US) and the European Union (EU) towards utilising... Read More about Can competition law play a role in the enforcement of financial crime in the United Kingdom?.

A critical and comparative analysis of the role of competition law in relation to the regulation and enforcement of financial crime in the United Kingdom, European Union and the United States of America (2023)
Thesis

Financial crime is a significant drain on economies across the world. This thesis will look at one aspect of financial crime, that of benchmark interest rate manipulation by competing banks, with the aim of identifying the best approach for the UK t... Read More about A critical and comparative analysis of the role of competition law in relation to the regulation and enforcement of financial crime in the United Kingdom, European Union and the United States of America.

Policing financial crime – Evolving risk profiles, market abuse & AML (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Panel discussion with Richard Lang, Sarah Donnelly, and Marianne Akinyosade

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

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?.

How can the use of competition law in the enforcement of financial crime aid regulators in the United Kingdom and United States of America? (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper examines the different regulatory approaches used in the United States of America (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) towards the enforcement of corporate financial crime. In particular, the paper considers how a ‘hybrid’ approach consisting... Read More about How can the use of competition law in the enforcement of financial crime aid regulators in the United Kingdom and United States of America?.

Corporate criminal liability: Response to law commission discussion paper (2021)
Report

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.

Financial Crime: Global market manipulation (2020)
Journal Article

What does Brexit mean for the Competition & Markets Authority? (2020)
Journal Article

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?.

What role does competition law have to play in the prosecution of financial crime in the UK? (2020)
Book Chapter

A competition law first (2019)
Journal Article

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

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.

Response to home affairs committee inquiry into fraud
Preprint / Working Paper

This submission provides an analysis of the Home Office’s progress to date on tackling fraud. The recently published Fraud Strategy is examined, with particular reference to corporate criminal liability and the failure to prevent fraud offence, whic... Read More about Response to home affairs committee inquiry into fraud.