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Implementation of new Bribery Act delayed until April 2011

Our noticeboard posting dated 11 May 2010 commented on the Bribery Act which had been passed on 8 April 2010. It was anticipated that the Act would come into force in October this year, but in an announcement on 20 July 2010 the Ministry of Justice stated. Read article

26 07 2010

Richard Sallybanks quoted in Compliance Week

Richard Sallybanks was quoted in an article appearing in Compliance Week on 29 June 2010 looking at the plans of the coalition government to dismantle the Financial Services Authority and to create a single economic crime agency. . Read article

29 06 2010

IBA Transnational Crime Conference

Brian Spiro and Richard Sallybanks joined panels of international speakers at the International Bar Association's recent Transnational Crime Conference . Read article

08 06 2010

Harry Travers comments in the Financial Times on the upsurge of cases brought by financial investigators in the last year.

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31 05 2010

Harry Travers speaks at IBC Tax Conference

BCL Partner, Harry Travers gave a well received talk at the IBC Conference "Successfully Managaing Tax Investigations" in which he commented on HMRC's selective criminal investigation policy and the application of Code of Practice 9.. Read article

25 05 2010

BCL represent first executive to be prosecuted by the Serious Fraud Office for overseas corruption.

Richard Sallybanks and Shaul Brazil represented Robert John Dougall, the first executive to be prosecuted by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) for overseas corruption. The case arose out of corrupt practices in the supply of orthopaedic products by Mr Douga. Read article

18 05 2010

New Bribery Act

The Bribery Act 2010 was passed last month and will come into force later this year, it represents a fundamental overhaul of previous corruption legislation which has long been criticised as being overly complicated and ineffective.. Read article