A practical guide to the Crime and Policing Act 2026 and its expansion of corporate criminal liability under section 250. It explains how the senior manager attribution model now extends beyond economic crime to all criminal offences, and what organisations should do to manage this wider exposure.
Why download this guide
- Understand how section 250 widens corporate criminal exposure beyond fraud, bribery and money laundering
- Know who counts as a senior manager and how conduct can be attributed to your organisation
- Identify where this risk is most likely to arise in your own business
- Prepare a defensible compliance position before enforcement activity begins
- Give your organisation a clear, practical response to a significant legal change
What’s in the guide
- What the Act does beyond corporate compliance, including policing, public order and online safety reforms
- How section 250 expands the senior manager attribution model introduced by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023
- Who counts as a senior manager and how liability arises
- Key risk areas where the senior manager model may matter in practice
- A defensible law firm position
- A best practice checklist covering what organisations should do now
