SFO suffers further blow as Sarclad Ltd DPA revealed
SFO suffers further blow as Sarclad Ltd DPA revealed
On 16 July 2019, Michael Sorby, Adrian Leek, and David Justice, three former executives of Sarclad Ltd (“Sarclad”), were acquitted of…
SFO suffers further blow as Sarclad Ltd DPA revealed
On 16 July 2019, Michael Sorby, Adrian Leek, and David Justice, three former executives of Sarclad Ltd (“Sarclad”), were acquitted of…
On 8 and 9 July 2019, the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) announced its intention to impose two of the biggest fines for data security incidents since the General Data Protection…
On 16 April 2019, by a vote of 591-29, the European Parliament approved a new Directive (the “Directive“), designed to provide those individuals who expose corporate wrongdoing and…
Source: FCA told to review how it records meetings with firms
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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…
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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 Wednesday 17 May 2015, the US attorney general, Loretta Lynch, announced 47 counts of charges of racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering against nine FIFA officials and five sports…
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…
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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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