White-collar crime has become an area of significant interest for academics, practitioners,
policy makers, and those with an interest in corporate affairs. However, this sudden surge of
interest lacks a tradition of scholarship in Ireland. Moreover, new laws governing the
corporate and financial sectors have also precipitated an increasingly intense demand for
legal advice on securing compliance and from those seeking to defend themselves against
prosecutions and other enforcement actions.
However, as relatively few criminal investigations and prosecutions were conducted in the
past, there is a relative dearth of published materials available for practitioners and
researchers in the field. Moreover, even to the extent that published literature is available, it
rarely reflects the experiences of those involved in investigating, prosecuting and defending
white-collar crime cases. This book provides that foundation. It is also unique in that it is
written by the leading senior practitioners, academics and regulators in this field. They
provide the definitive account of the substantive and procedural law on white collar crime.
This work is likely to stimulate an extensive conversation on corporate regulation and
governance, both in Ireland and further afield.
