A jury at Southwark Crown Court acquitted three former employees of Guralp Systems Limited (“GSL”) who were accused of conspiring to make corrupt payments in relation to payments made to a South…
At the start of the month we analysed the International Cricket Council’s decision to ban Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh’s captain)(“Mr. Hasan”) from all cricket for two years (with one year of that…
Fraud, corruption, and money laundering in the sport industry has given rise to a need to ensure greater awareness of these risks at all levels, including athletes, coaches, federations, sponsors,…
In light of recent scandals such as Dieselgate, Luxleaks, the Panama Papers, and the Cambridge Analytica revelations, whistleblower protection has become a more prominent concern with calls for…
In this article, Fulcrum explores what the SFO deferred prosecution agreements (“DPAs”) to date and associated prosecutions of individuals tell us about the current state of corporate criminal law in…
Corporate Crime analysis: Pam Shearing, managing partner at Fulcrum, consider the implications of the updated corporate co-operation guidance from the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO).
The new SFO…
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The importance of co-operation and proportionality in securing a DPA (Serious Fraud Office v Serco Geografix Ltd)
Corporate Crime analysis: On 4 July 2019,…
On 12 July 2019, Her Majesty’s Treasury (“HM Treasury”) published its new Economic Crime Plan 2019-2022 (“ECP”) revealing its priorities for the next three years for fighting economic crime…
SFO suffers further blow as Sarclad Ltd DPA revealed
On 16 July 2019, Michael Sorby, Adrian Leek, and David Justice, three former executives of Sarclad Ltd (“Sarclad”), were acquitted of…
On 8 and 9 July 2019, the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) announced its intention to impose two of the biggest fines for data security incidents since the General Data Protection…
On 16 April 2019, by a vote of 591-29, the European Parliament approved a new Directive (the “Directive“), designed to provide those individuals who expose corporate wrongdoing and…
In the recent decision of Sotheby’s v Mark Weiss Ltd [2018] EWHC 3179 (Comm) the High Court has ruled that correspondence with experts, which was for the dual purpose of preparing for…
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