Noticeboard
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.
See link for full article. Read article
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
11 05 2010
Ian Burton : The man you want on your side in a dawn raid
The Business Section of today's Daily Telegraph features the following interview with the firm's Senior Partner, Ian Burton.. Read article
04 05 2010
Richard Sallybanks comments in the Financial Times on the FSA insider dealing case against former Cazenove banker
See link for full article. . Read article

