Insights: Analysis

Pre-charge bail and RUI: what is the impact of the October 2022 changes?

22 Feb 2023

In October last year, the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 introduced yet more changes to the police bail regime. In a blog, Serious and General Crime solicitor Bartholomew Dalton…

The demise of ‘reasonable chastisement’: will we see a smack ban in England?

2 Feb 2023

In a blog, Hickman & Rose associate Rose Commander addresses the vexed question of the ‘reasonable chastisement’ or ‘reasonable punishment’ defence against allegations of child cruelty and…

What to do when there’s a death in the workplace

30 Jan 2023

Whenever someone dies or is seriously injured in the workplace there are important legal and regulatory measures for the business concerned to consider. In a blog, Hickman & Rose partner Claire…

Six years of Account Freezing Orders: how are they working?

17 Jan 2023

It has been six years since Account Freezing Orders first came into law. In a blog, Business Crime associate Safiatou Jallow analyses how AFOs are working, and sets out the steps anyone hit by one…

Santander’s festive £107m penalty: what can we learn from the FCA’s latest AML enforcement?

3 Jan 2023

As the Financial Conduct Authority imposes a £107m penalty on Santander bank for breaching its anti-money laundering rules, Hickman & Rose barrister Tom Bushnell asks, in a blog, what this means…

Challenging the LIBOR / EURIBOR convictions

21 Dec 2022

A decade on from the moment banker Tom Hayes learnt he was under investigation by the SFO for LIBOR manipulation, Hickman & Rose’s co-founding partner Ben Rose sets out in a blog why Tom and four…

Section 2 notices: What are they? How do they work? What to do if you receive one.

14 Dec 2022

In this blog, Hickman & Rose partner, and financial crime specialist, Emily Sheils sets out the facts about Section 2 notices.

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The first thing anyone who receives a Section 2 notice…

Andrew Katzen writes for Law Society’s Legal Compliance magazine on sexual misconduct

7 Nov 2022

Hickman & Rose’s Head of Regulatory Law Andrew Katzen has written an article for the October edition of the Law Society’s Legal Compliance magazine explaining the Solicitors Regulation…

Tom Bushnell in FT Adviser on prospects for an FCA investigation into ‘mini-budget’ allegations

31 Oct 2022

Barrister Tom Bushnell has written an article for the FT Adviser in which he analyses recent calls for the FCA to investigate claims of insider dealing made in relation to the so-called ‘mini…

Hedge funds, Champagne and the pound: what are the legal ramifications of the ‘mini-budget’ conspiracy claims?

5 Oct 2022

Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng’s so-called ‘mini-budget’ of 23rd September has resulted in a slew of negative headlines for the UK Government.

One of the most striking stories…