French authorities have opened their own investigation into allegations of fraud, bribery and corruption at Airbus, joining Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) which launched an inquiry in August….
Self referral, co-operation and a balance of mitigating factors were thought to be essential ingredients before a DPA could be considered by a prosecutor. It seems only one existed in this case yet…
In the context of ongoing high-profile challenges, by regulators and prosecutors alike, to the status of categories of documents such as lawyer-drafted interview memoranda, the judgment in Re The RBS…
Second UK DPA Betrays a Commercial Approach by the SFO Despite the Tough “Prosecute First” Rhetoric
The Flexible Interests of Justice
The second DPA case, SFO v XYZ Ltd, involved a modestly…
Overview
On the 27th of January 2016, the High Court ruled in favour of the SFO over the way it handles the identification of digital material which is potentially subject to Legal Professional…
On 11 March 2015 Graham Marchment pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court and was sentenced to 2 and a half years imprisonment for his role in the award of contracts in a series of high-value…
Petrobras CEO, Maria das Graças Foster, was forced to step down on Wednesday after an investigation discovered 23bn reais ($8.9bn) of suspect payments, bribes and kickbacks to politicians.
Foster…
On 23 January 2015 the former head of the collapsed hedge fund Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund Ltd was sentenced to a total of 13 years in prison, having been found guilty of eight counts of fraud,…
On 19 January 2015, following a three month trial, Ulf Magnus Michael Peterson was found guilty by a jury of eight counts of fraud, forgery, false accounting and fraudulent trading. Mr Peterson was…
Introduction
On 29 October 2019 the International Cricket Council (the “ICC”) banned Bangladesh team captain Shakib Al Hasan (“Mr. Al Hasan”) from all cricket for two years (with one year…
As the year draws to a close, we look back and reflect upon some of the key developments in cases of corruption around the world in 2020.
At the beginning of the year, the UK Serious Fraud Office…
More than one in four UK employees (approximately 9.1 million people) are currently furloughed under the Gover...
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The Code for Crown Prosecutors (“Code”) sets out the general principles crown prosecutors should follow when d...
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Introduction On 10 January 2020 the EU’s Fifth Money Laundering Directive (EU) 2018/843 (“5MLD”) implemente...
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