Professional Ethics in UK Law
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Update: UK Bribery Act To Go Forward
The UK government will push forward with the implementation of the UK Bribery Act after the OECD threatened to blacklist British companies if the new law is not enacted soon.
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New Director of SFO outlines approach for UK Bribery Act
David Green took charge as the new Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) on 23 April 2012. Since taking the reins, Mr Green has confirmed that the SFO’s new powers to prosecute bribery offence...
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Six year jail term for first person convicted under the UK Bribery Act
Back in September 2011, we reported on this blog how the first proceedings under the UK Bribery Act 2010 had been commenced against a Court clerk who had accepted money from various people to help ...
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FCPA-Inspired UK Bribery Act Projected to Hit the Oil and Gas Industry Hardest
With the UK Bribery Act 2010 taking effect last Friday, we here at the Anticorruption Blog have decided to share a guest post we did for Forbes on the subject back in May of this year, “FCPA-Inspir...
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FIFA, Meet the UK Bribery Act
Our sister blog here are Squire Sanders & Dempsey, Employment Law Worldview, recently published a tremendously informative and entertaining article on the corruption scandal currently surrounding F...
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First proceedings under UK Bribery Act 2010 commenced
A Court clerk will appear at Southwark Crown Court on 14 October 2011 to face allegations that he accepted a bribe to influence criminal proceedings. This will be the first case brought under the U...
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What Price Privacy? UK Drive For Foreign Owners’ Transparency
I wanted to take a moment to thank WealthBriefing.com for featuring my recent article “What Price Privacy? UK Drive for Foreign Owners’ Transparency”. As the geopolitical landscape evolves and glo...
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Bribery Act 2010: consultation on anti-bribery guidance for transactions published by Transparency International UK
As pointed out by Squire Sanders & Dempsey’s Capital Markets Practice Review for July 2011, “on 1 July 2011, the day the Bribery Act 2010, came into force, Transparency International UK published a...
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UK company director jailed for bribing public officials in Africa
In order to win a contract worth £2.26m for making ballot papers, Smith and Ouzman Ltd, a printing firm based in Sussex, gave £395,074 in corrupt payments to public officials in Kenya and Mauritani...
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The UK’s OFSI provides guidance on strict liability sanctions breach penalties
The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), part of HM Treasury, which is the authority for implementing financial sanctions in the UK, have published guidance to clarify how they will...
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