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Private prosecutions – A route to justice for the charity sector
Sophie Tang
28 January 2016
Spotlight on worldwide corruption
“Not one single country in the world, is corruption-free” according to Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index which was published yesterday. It ranks 168 countries in terms of the perceived levels of public sector corruption. Sixty-eight per cent of countries worldwide have a serious corruption problem. Half of the G20 are among them.
26 January 2016
Court of Appeal Rules on Bribery under 1906 Act
On 15 January, the Court of Appeal decided in favour of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to confirm that bribery of foreign officials was illegal prior to 2002 under the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906.
26 January 2016
Youth Justice in the parliamentary spotlight
At the end of last year the Ministry of Justice published its response to the Harris Review into self-inflicted deaths in custody of 18-24 year olds. Sandra Paul reflects on the debate in this sensitive area and asks what next for youth justice?
25 January 2016
Co-operation in competition – will we see more from the CMA?
At the end of last year a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on concurrent competition powers was published. The MoU represents a further stage in the interests of establishing a more effective competition law enforcement system in the UK with its stated purpose being to establish an understanding between the CMA and the FCA. It underlines the CMA’s strategic goal to “extend the frontiers of competition into new areas, including by working with sectoral regulators” and to build a strong dialogue with them. Overall the spirit of co-operation underpins the new concurrency regime as well as the importance of effective communication and sharing resources between the authorities. Eve Giles and Maya Silva examine what the MoU seeks to achieve and what changes it might lead to in practice.
21 January 2016
Bribery in the workplace: fair dismissal?
The Bribery Act 2010 is back in the spotlight again but this time in the employment arena illustrating that its impact stretches beyond the criminal realm. Under the Act, not only is receiving a bribe a criminal offence but also, under section 7, failing to prevent bribery of associated persons which is particularly relevant for employers. There is a defence to section 7 if the organisation had adequate procedures in place to prevent bribery.
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