April 22, 2025
Chambers are pleased to announce the launch of FOCUS, a new Business Crime blog providing in-depth analysis and expert commentary on the most significant issues shaping today’s fraud landscape. In addition to our monthly Fraud Newsletter, FOCUS takes a deeper dive—offering timely insights from members of Red Lion Chambers’ Business Crime Practice Group into key decisions, major legislative changes and critical policy developments to enhance understanding in this rapidly evolving field.
We launch our first FOCUS with an exclusive Q&A featuring Jonathan Fisher KC, author of the newly published “Independent Review of Disclosure and Fraud Offences.” As the first independent review of its kind since 1986, this landmark report arrives at a pivotal time with fraud now accounting for over 40% of all crime in England and Wales. The full Q&A conducted by Ed Vickers KC (Editor of FOCUS) and Andrew Herd delves into practical, forward-looking solutions from the increased use of AI to the introduction of an Intensive Disclosure Hearing signalling a bold new direction in disclosure best practices. With 45 recommendations submitted to the Home Secretary and a Government commitment to implement them is meaningful reform on the horizon?
Whether you are a practitioner, policymaker, academic or judge, we invite you to read the full FOCUS blog and Q&A here: [FOCUS]