[co-author: Elizabeth Horton]
In a policy paper published on Monday 27 March, the Department for Business and Trade has announced a review into the current UK whistleblowing framework (“the Review”).
The Review will assess how the whistleblowing framework currently operates, including the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 and subsequent legislative and non-legislative interventions.
Research is expected to be concluded by Autumn 2023.
For a more detailed analysis of this Review, please see our Engage article “All Change? UK Government Reviews Whistleblowing Laws”
This Review comes at a crucial moment in time as it coincides with legislators considering a reform to corporate criminal liability, most significantly through amendments proposed during the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill’s (“the Bill”) passage through the House of Commons and House of Lords.
The Government’s Economic Crime Plan 2 (2023-2026), published on 30 March 2023, further indicates the intention to implement the Bill and introduce the new failure to prevent fraud offence by Q3 2023.
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