Hargreaves, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8778-7417 (2026) Beyond the Directing Mind: How Section 250 Rewrites Corporate Criminal Liability. New Law Journal. (In Press)

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Abstract

• Section 250 of the Crime and Policing Act 2026, in force from 29 June 2026, extends the senior manager attribution test from specified economic crimes to all criminal offences, representing a wholesale shift in the architecture of corporate criminal liability in the United Kingdom.
• There is no reasonable procedures defence: a corporate is exposed to liability wherever a qualifying senior manager commits any offence within the actual or apparent scope of their authority, regardless of the quality of its compliance framework.
• Practitioners advising corporate clients must act now: risk assessments, governance mapping, senior manager training, and self-reporting strategies all require urgent review before commencement on 29 June 2026.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	In Press
Subjects:	K Law > KD England and Wales
School/Department:	York Business School
URI:	https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/14781

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