‘Should be the end of the proposal’: Queen’s Speech reprieve for SFO as abolition move recedes Legal Business11 July 2017Legal affairsFinanceLitigation Theresa May’s Conservative manifesto pledge to subsume the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) into the National Crime Agency (NCA) was absent from June’s Queen’s Speech, with lawyers welcoming the prospect of the merger being shelved.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryWitness training: Fail to prepare, prepare to failSponsored briefing: The award-winning real estate lawyers offering flexible support to legal teams‘Drive long-lasting change’: Professionals urged to take part in survey on law and mental health‘A true win’ – Baker McKenzie on record Ecuador $1.6bn debt-for-nature swap and winning Finance Team of the Year‘A huge emotional release’ – DLA’s Adam Ibrahim on the longest trial of his career and winning Lawyer of the Year‘It’s not always about winning and losing, it’s about preserving relationships’ – the Commercial Litigation Summit 2024Talent wars, private equity and number crunching: LB’s most read features of 2024Youle, Dejonghe, Levine and the top women in private equity – LB’s most popular interviews of 2024‘$20m isn’t much once you deduct the essentials’ – LB’s best quotes of the year