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2025 UK corporate crime and sanctions litigation: SRA v Dentons; first criminal sanctions prosecution; Libor/Euribor Supreme Court appeals; SFO–ENRC damages; Mints/Shvidler sanctions appeals; Jes Staley FCA appeal

Published on: 03 January 2025

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Elsewhere, a Chinese woman accused of washing bitcoin faces trial, while former Barclays chief Jes Staley plans to contest his prohibition imposed by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). And the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) will finish the year still resisting ENRC's claim for £240m in damages over the agency’s mishandled investigation into the mining group affair. Here, Law360 surveys these matters alongside other corporate crime cases to monitor in the year ahead.

SRA v Dentons, round two

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) intends to contest findings that Dentons’ anti-money laundering shortcomings did not amount to professional misconduct, a ruling delivered in June 2025 instead. At an appeal listed for 29 January 2025 in the High Court, the legal regulator will seek to overturn the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal’s dismissal of its case alleging Dentons UK and Middle East LLP breached compliance standards by neglecting to verify the origins of a client’s wealth as required under rules. The tribunal concluded in June 2025 that Dentons had not violated the SRA’s principles, despite the firm assembling a partial, incomplete understanding of how a client from a former Soviet state acquired their funds overall...

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