Criminal And Regulatory Investigations And Your Employment

Disciplinary proceedings

The conduct behind the criminal case may trigger disciplinary proceedings. What you say in your disciplinary proceedings and how you manage the process may influence your criminal case. For instance, if you admit something as part of your disciplinary proceedings, or offer to compensate your employer for wrong doing this could have a consequence for your criminal matter.

If you admit, or are convicted of, a criminal offence this may be significant to proceedings taken by your employer. It is therefore essential to take account of both employment and criminal factors as you navigate through this process.

Regulated professionals and conduct proceedings

Many employees are subject to regulation by a professional regulatory body. Each regulator will have rules as to conduct. Certain types of misconduct, and certainly criminal investigations, convictions or cautions are likely to raise fitness to practise issues. The issues that bring about a criminal investigation may also lead a regulator to carry out its own investigation and proceedings follow. This may occur even if you are not charged or acquitted.

There are often also separate regulatory duties as to disclosure of wrongdoing and criminal investigation. Our regulatory solicitors are experienced in criminal defence issues and can advise and assist you through proceedings, working together with our employment solicitors.

Dedicated Criminal Defence, Financial Crime & Regulatory solicitors

Our Employment Solicitors regularly work alongside our Criminal Defence and Financial Crime & Regulatory solicitors as issues for clients start to become very closely entwined. The same facts could lead to criminal investigation, disciplinary proceedings by the employer and regulatory proceedings by the professional regulator. It is important all these different elements are carefully considered and first class and holistic legal advice and representation obtained.

Our legal teams at Hodge Jones & Allen

Ruth Harris heads up our Financial Crime and Regulatory Team and the Head of our Employment Team is Susie Al-Qassab. Both partners are highly experienced in their specialist areas of law. They work successfully together to achieve positive outcomes for their clients