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New UK law makes it easier to prosecute organizations for any criminal offence

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Guy Bastable | Burges Salmon, Andrew Matheson | Burges Salmon, Sam Aldous | Burges Salmon, Thomas Hubbard | Burges Salmon+2

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What is changing, what this means, and what organizations should be doing now.

The Crime and Policing Act 2026 will soon make it easier to prosecute organizations in the UK. From June 29, 2026, if a senior manager of an organization (a body corporate or partnership) acting within the “actual or apparent scope of their authority” commits a criminal offence under UK law, the organization

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