Bribery and Corruption

Report of Session 2017-19 - published 14 March 2019 - HL Paper 303

Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) is suing the UK's fraud agency for £70m over its conduct during a long-running probe into alleged corruption at the Kazakh miner.

http://www.cityam.com/275321/mining-giant-enrc-sues-uk-fraud-office-70m-over-long

Former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has hit back at allegations he requested information on a company which later became a client of his wife’s law firm.

Settlements and Non-Trial Agreements by Parties to the Anti-Bribery Convention

A DPA system similar to that of England and Wales would represent a significant change in Scottish criminal practice, says Stocker.

The UK's 2010 Bribery Act has created "an international gold standard for anti-bribery and corruption legislation", with little need for major improvements, according to a House of Lords select committee.

https://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2019/March/lords-call-for-enhancements-of-gold-standard-bribery-act/?utm_source=Emerge&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=56fa6415-e227-49cc-9ca9-5964d82a54c6

The Court of Appeal has held that a seller paying a fee to an acquisition agent without the buyer's knowledge does not render the contract for sale void or voidable.

SFO alleges Maroun Semaan was complicit in six counts concerning multi-million-dollar scheme

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/feb/17/petrofac-co-founder-accused-posthumously-bribes-maroun-semaan?CMP=share_btn_tw

A new study from Carnegie Mellon University suggests that greed, and not the willingness to return the favor, is the main reason people give in to bribery. But the research also finds there are times when the almighty buck can be ignored and effects of a bribe can be lessened.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190212104712.htm

Quality assurance bodies could be doing much more to address corruption in higher education but often don’t view it as their responsibility, preliminary survey findings suggest. Accreditors in some parts of the globe are paying attention to the problem, the study found. But for a host of complex reasons, corruption is barely on the radar screen in other pockets of the world.

https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20190206105718709