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UK corporate crime and regulatory update: modern slavery, sanctions, sentencing, cyber security, health and safety, money laundering, procedure and Scottish appeals—13 November 2025

Published on: 13 November 2025

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  • Criminal liability
  • Criminal procedure and evidence
  • Sentencing
  • Bribery, corruption, sanctions and export controls
  • Consumer protection and cartels
  • Cybercrime and data protection offences
  • Financial services and pensions offences
  • Environmental offences
  • Health and safety and corporate manslaughter offences
  • Local authority prosecutions
  • Money laundering
  • Corporate Crime in Scotland
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Criminal liability

Record number of modern slavery cases reported in the UK

Between July and September 2025, the Home Office recorded an unprecedented 6,414 suspected modern slavery victims—the largest quarterly figure since the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) launched in 2009. Alasdair Hobbs, an employment partner at Excello Law, said these numbers should be a wake-up call for employers. See News Analysis: Record number of modern slavery cases reported in the UK.

Criminal procedure and evidence

Criminal law must reform to retain talent, Leveson warns

On 11 November 2025, retired judge Brian Leveson told the Justice Committee that criminal practice needs to be made more appealing to legal professionals if the justice system is to keep the experience and expertise it relies upon...

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