Prosecuting corporate crime and criminalising corporate culture

CPD units: 1

Knowledge area: Substantive law

Prosecuting corporate crime and criminalising corporate culture
Susanna Ford, Partner, Arnold Bloch Leibler and;
SamPararajasingham, Barrister, Forbes Chambers

This videocast covers the background on a discussion of cases including those relating to...

• Corporate criminal liability – relevant offence provision
• How criminal liability is established and proved – elements of the offences
• Criminalising corporate culture and prosecuting “unfairness”
• Law reform – ALRC review into corporate criminality; reforms to the criminal code; and the extension of the Federal Court’s criminal jurisdiction
• Practical challenges in prosecuting and defending prosecutions of the corporate entity – a case study of a securities law criminal proceeding – i.e. insider trading/unconscionable conduct

Recorded: 25 July 2019