Serious Fraud Office in UK Law
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Serious Fraud Office Report
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has received a larger number of cases for the third consecutive year. This perhaps reflects the increasingly common affliction of fraud in England. 1995–96 has provid...
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Interview with George Staple, Director of the Serious Fraud Office
The Serious Fraud Office was set up on the recommendation of the Roskill Committee by the Criminal Justice Act 1987. It is responsible for the investigation and prosecution of serious and complex f...
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New Zealand: A Current Analysis of the New Zealand Serious Fraud Office
The New Zealand Serious Fraud Office (NZSFO) was set up in 1989 in response to issues arising out of the 1980s financial crisis, in particular the share‐market crash of 1987. In the short period of...
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Fraud after Roskill: a view from the Serious Fraud Office
Describes the 1985 Roskill Committee Report on Fraud Trials as a success: of its 112 recommendations only two were not implemented. Explains why Roskill is nevertheless often criticised: there is a...
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The Work of the Serious Fraud Office in Assisting Overseas Serious Fraud Investigations
Almost without exception, the investigation of serious fraud cases involves the making of enquiries, and the obtaining of admissible evidence, overseas.
- Changing Obligations for Corporations under Investigation by the Serious Fraud Office: R (KBR Inc) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office [2018] EWHC 2368 (Admin)
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Serious Fraud Office: Conceptual Basis and Rights Considerations under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987
Section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 abrogates the right to silence since a suspect is required to answer questions in pre‐trial investigations by the SFO, although the answers are inadmissib...
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Serious Fraud Office Powers under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 and Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
Serious fraud trials are the sum of their component parts such that examination of one particular area often repays attention. The Roskill Fraud Trials Committee's criticisms were the backdrop for ...
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Erratum
This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/eb025782. When citing the article, please cite: Michael Cha...... ... , please cite: Michael Chan, (1997), ―Serious Fraud Office Report‖, Journal of Financial ... ...
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Fraud, prosecution and regulation: Achieving effective control
This paper reviews the issues surrounding jury trials in fraud cases in the context of the Home Office's consultation document in early 1998. It includes an account of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO...... ... surrounding jury trials in fraud cases in the context of the Home Office's consultation document in early 1998. It includes an account of the ... all the functions of detection, investigation and prosecution of serious fraud cases', that 'no-one should sit on a jury in a fraud case who cannot ... ...
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