Tag Archives: “Director of Public Prosecutions”

Anti-Bribery and Corruption, Compliance, Enforcement and Prosecution Policy and Trends, Financial Institution Regulation February 25, 2014

Making Bankers Accountable

Both regulators and prosecutors have serious ambitions to bring proceedings against bankers whose reckless or negligent conduct brings a high risk of banking collapse, or serious detriment, or reputational damage, and consequent damage to the national economy… Continue Reading

Anti-Bribery and Corruption, Compliance, Enforcement and Prosecution Policy and Trends July 8, 2013

DEFERRED PROSECUTION AGREEMENTS PROSECUTION GUIDANCE

Crime and Courts Act 2013. The Schedule contains a requirement that the DPP and the Director of the SFO jointly issue a Code giving guidance for prosecutors on a number of matters, including the general principles to be applied in determining whether a DPA is likely to be appropriate in a given case.… Continue Reading

Anti-Bribery and Corruption, Enforcement and Prosecution Policy and Trends, Fraud, Deception and False Claims June 28, 2013

Director of the SFO and Director of Public Prosecutions publish joint draft Code of Practice for Deferred Prosecution Agreements

Notably, one reason suggested in the draft Code for the prosecution not entering into a DPA would be where a company had delayed in bringing the illegal conduct to the attention of the prosecuting authority… Continue Reading

Enforcement and Prosecution Policy and Trends May 14, 2013

Bribery Act 2010: The first three convictions

Whilst attention continues to focus on the on-going absence of a corporate prosecution for bribery by the SFO, it is worth reflecting on the circumstances of the three individuals who have been convicted of offences under the Bribery Act 2010 in England: 1. Mr Patel, the court clerk. 2. Mr Mushtaq and the driving examiner. 3. Mr Li and the professor.… Continue Reading

Enforcement and Prosecution Policy and Trends July 13, 2012

Serious Fraud Office makes new appointments

The new Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), David Green QC, who took office in April this year, has this week made a series of senior appointments.… Continue Reading

Anti-Bribery and Corruption, Enforcement and Prosecution Policy and Trends February 9, 2012

Director of Public Prosecutions to develop a prosecution policy for UK prosecutors in relation to offences committed by journalists under the Bribery Act and other statutes

the Director of Public Prosecutions (the DPP), Mr Keir Starmer, is developing an interim policy for prosecutors which will give them guidance as to the factors which they should take into consideration when deciding whether or not to prosecute journalists acting in the course of their work as journalists.… Continue Reading

Anti-Bribery and Corruption, Compliance July 7, 2011

Charities and the Bribery Act – The distribution of aid using facilitation payments – will they be prosecuted?

A few days ago I was speaking at a conference on the Bribery Act and someone asked me how the Act applies to the small payments that his charity had to make in order to get the aid which the charity is distributing across a war torn country actually delivered to the people in need.… Continue Reading

Anti-Bribery and Corruption, Compliance, Election and Political Law April 4, 2011

The new Bribery Act Guidance – on hospitality: mixed messages from the British Government

We had a nice long wait for the Government's guidance but I, for one, feel that the wait wasn't really worthwhile. The Act itself is really a gold plated effort by parliament to bring our bribery laws into the 21st century, but the Guidance falls far short of the standard set by the Act.… Continue Reading

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