This article argues that a more broadly based understanding of the processes of the enforcement of regulation and compliance needs to be developed. It highlights aspects of two recent newsworthy cases of non‐compliance with financial regulation. It concludes that future practice needs to be...

The Privy Council has added an interesting twist to the developing jurisprudence of commercial fraud in Grant Adams v The Queen , a recent appeal from the Court of Appeal of New Zealand. The judgment seems to suggest that the dividing line between ‘civil’ wrongdoing (ie breaches of fiduciary...

The ambit and application of s. 15 Theft Act 1968 have received considerable appellate scrutiny lately: