The UK Bribery Act – The Risks for Asian CorporationsJames KitchingAsian-Mena Counsel
The law under theBribery Act 2010the UK’s tough new anti-bribery and corruption law is straightforward and summarised below. The Bribery Act and the FCPA While it, like its US equivalent the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), has been criticised for being uncertain and overly broad it is...
ond the Bribery Act Beyond the Bribery ActBeyond the Bribery ActSam Eastwood
Throughout the last few months of 2021, we distributed alerts tackling key anti-corruption compliance issues and questions that concern our clients across all industries. Our six part series, From the FCPA to the UK Bribery Act – Your key questions about global anticorruption laws answered, cove...
The purpose of this new Act is to provide a modern and comprehensive scheme of bribery offences to equip prosecutors and courts to deal effectively with bribery in the UK and abroad and replace the archaic 19th century legislation. In our breakfast seminar, we’ll look at what it means in ...
I recently had the honour to be Specialist Advisor to the House of Lords Select Committee, which published the report of its findings following its post legislative scrutiny of the Bribery Act. Here are my thoughts on the report. Background of the Bribery Act The Bribery Act was passed, with...
“I welcome the Government’s published guidance on the Bribery Act. The Act is important for the UK and UK business. While we shall be enforcing the Act vigorously so that ethical businesses do not lose out to others that use bribery and corruption to win co...
The analysis of the UK Bribery Act should not focus on how it is different or more strict than the FCPA. Instead, I would urge everyone to focus on a few key issues – — How will the SFO exercise its prosecutorial discretion?
Keep calm and carry on: the UK Bribery ActSam Eastwood
Kenya’s controversial tax hike bill which sparked street protests, resulting in the shooting of a frontline AFP photojournalist in Nairobi and protesters storming the parliament, has been adopted by parliament amid accusation that some MPs were bribed t