Insights: SRA Investigations

Assisting dying and the criminal law: the legal implications of helping a loved one take their own life

28 Apr 2025

The UK Parliament is debating a proposed new law which, if enacted, would enable terminally ill people to be provided with assistance to end their own lives, subject to safeguards and protections.

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Kate Goold rejoins Hickman & Rose as partner

1 Apr 2025

Hickman & Rose is delighted to announce that Kate Goold has rejoined the firm as a partner in its market-leading Serious and General Crime team.

Kate originally joined Hickman & Rose in…

Hickman & Rose take Carlo Palombo EURIBOR appeal to the Supreme Court

25 Mar 2025

Hickman & Rose client Carlo Palombo’s six year battle to overturn his criminal conviction for a EURIBOR related fraud offence has made it all the way to the Supreme Court.

Over three days this…

On International Women’s Day, Hickman & Rose work to improve women’s working lives in law

6 Mar 2025

On International Women’s Day, Hickman & Rose is proud to support the important work done by Women in Criminal Law to improve the working lives of women in the profession.

This year the firm…

Tom Bushnell in Law360 on Barclays CEO Jes Staley’s appeal against a FCA lifetime ban

3 Mar 2025

Hickman & Rose barrister Tom Bushnell has been quoted in the media commenting on former Barclays CEO Jes Staley’s appeal against his ban on working in a senior…

Ross Dixon in Law Society Gazette on SFO’s proposal to pay fraud whistleblowers

20 Jan 2025

Business Crime partner Ross Dixon has been quoted in a Law Society Gazette article examining some of SFO director Nick Ephgrave’s public pronouncements.

Since taking up the post in…

Tom Bushnell comments on Law360’s top FCA enforcement cases of the year

26 Dec 2024

Hickman & Rose’s Tom Bushnell has been quoted in Law360’s round up of the top FCA enforcement cases of 2024.

Tom commented on the FCA’s fining of both Starling Bank and Metro Bank for…

Police cautions: how to challenge a caution and other FAQs

9 Dec 2024

Every year UK police forces issue thousands of so-called “simple cautions”: a formal process in which a person admits their guilt to a minor offence, whereupon the police take no further action.
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Tom Bushnell in Law360 on changes to FCA disclosure in enforcement proceedings

26 Nov 2024

Hickman & Rose barrister Tom Bushnell has been quoted in a Law360 article on the FCA’s recently announced changes to evidence disclosure in enforcement proceedings.

Earlier this month the…

Metro Bank’s £16m AML penalty – a case with little to do with challenger banks

19 Nov 2024

Metro Bank’s £16m fine for AML failings prompted commentary that the FCA, after a recently fining Starling Bank for similar, is focussing its attention on “challenger banks”.

This analysis risks…