Bribery and Corruption

The 'adequate procedures' defence under the Bribery Act 2010 has been tested in the courts for the first time.

https://www.burges-salmon.com/news-and-insight/legal-updates/first-case-on-bribery-acts-adequate-procedures-defence-five-things-you-need-to-know/

The high court action launched against Ecclestone by Bluewaters Communications will begin in London on October 1, 2019.

http://en.f1i.com/news/298256-investment-firm-takes-ecclestone-court-bribery-allegations.html

What judge told Melton Borough Council boss who awarded wife £150k cleaning contract

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/corruption-purest-form-what-judge-1340779

A man from Surrey says the justice system needs urgent change after the criminal case against him was dropped nearly two years after he was first accused.

http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2018-03-16/surrey-man-wrongly-charged-with-bribery-demands-system-change-after-spending-18-months-on-bail/

A Legal Update For Commercial Organisations And The 'Adequate Procedures' Defence

https://www.mishcon.com/news/articles/failing-to-prevent-bribery

Watch the recent bribery and corruption update webinar the Fraud Advisory Panel held in conjunction with the ICAEW Business and Management Faculty (20 mins)

https://www.fraudadvisorypanel.org/resources/bribery-corruption-webinar/

A new crackdown is being launched by the UK’s competition authority amidst a 30% rise in the number of tip offs about cartels.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-campaign-targets-cartels-as-tip-offs-rise-by-third

Conflicts of interest come in all shapes and sizes. They can be as big as bribery and criminal corruption or as small as receiving a little “something extra” in the course of your job.

http://www.globalethicssolutions.com/articles/2018/01/23/whose-best-interest-gifts-keep-giving/

The Corruption Perceptions Index, which ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and businesspeople, uses a scale of 0 to 100. A score of 0 is highly corrupt while 100 is very clean.

http://www.cityam.com/281060/these-have-just-been-ranked-worlds-most-and-least-corrupt

This year’s Corruption Perceptions Index highlights that the majority of countries are making little or no progress in ending corruption, while further analysis shows journalists and activists in corrupt countries risking their lives every day in an effort to speak out.

https://www.transparency.org/news/feature/corruption_perceptions_index_2017