“The Guardian’s efforts to win the right to see a set of key documents in a controversial extradition case continued today (11 October) at the court of appeal, where judges indicated they were minded to allow the paper an opportunity to appeal a High Court decision.”
The Guardian, 11th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Attorney General: current Government policy on economic crime
Speech by Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC MP
Attorney General’s Office, 5th September 2011
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
The first person to be charged under the new Bribery Act will be a magistrates court clerk who allegedly accepted £500 for fixing a motoring offence, according to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
The Guardian, 31st August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Macmillan Publishers has been ordered to pay £11.3m for ‘unlawful conduct’ related to its education division in East and West Africa.”
BBC News, 22nd July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) will look at five factors when considering whether corporate hospitality breach new anti-corruption laws, it has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Britain will play its full part in the international clampdown on corruption as the Bribery Act comes into force today.”
Ministry of Justice, 1st July 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Legislation aimed at making it easier to prosecute companies who make corrupt payments abroad has come into force. The Bribery Act overhauls existing laws dating back to 1889 and creates offences that carry prison terms of up to 10 years and unlimited fines.”
BBC News, 1st July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Almost 40% of UK businesses think their senior executives and board members are unprepared for the introduction of new anti-corruption laws next month, a survey has found.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th June 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Thousands of ordinary people and companies who give or receive corporate hospitality could find themselves under investigation if they err on the wrong side of the Bribery Act after July 1.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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Charon QC, 6th May 2011
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
“The Bribery Act could unfairly prejudice British companies after key aspects of it were watered down by the Ministry of Justice, according to former Attorney General Lord Goldsmith.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th April 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Today, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Keir Starmer QC, and the Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Richard Alderman, issued joint guidance for prosecutors on the Bribery Act 2010.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 30th March 2011
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“Businesses are gearing up for compliance as facilitation payments and hospitality are set to come under closer scrutiny.”
The Guardian, 1st April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The UK will reinforce its reputation as a leader in the global fight against corruption when the Bribery Act comes into force on July 1, Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke announced today.”
Ministry of Justice, 30th March 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Ministers have been accused of undermining the long delayed legislation intended to crack down on payments of bribes by business executives. Anti-corruption campaigners claim the government has surrendered to lobbying by business groups, creating loopholes that will allow dishonest companies to continue paying bribes to foreign politicians and officials.”
The Guardian, 30th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Government’s guidance on the controversial Bribery Act is to offer an olive branch to business as its publication today kicks off the three-month countdown to the act becoming law.”
The Independent, 30th March 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The head of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is at loggerheads with ministers who are seeking to exempt overseas companies from Britain’s new Bribery Act.”
The Guardian, 25th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Foreign companies that are listed on the London stock market but have no other presence in the UK should not be liable for prosecution under the Bribery Act, according to guidance being drawn up by the Ministry of Justice.”
The Guardian, 15th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Government has bowed to pressure from business and relaxed key elements of the Bribery Act.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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