This brand new title provides a full treatise on corporate offences, in Ireland, which attract criminal prosecutions and give rise to sanctions such as custodial sentences and fines.
Law targeting white-collar crime has become extremely important in Ireland over the past two years, particularly in light of a number of high-profile banking and financial scandals.
The EU in particular has imposed obligations on corporations in recent times especially having regard to the offences of insider dealing and market manipulation and to EU laws on advertising and health and safety law.