“The decision to drop the Serious Fraud Office bribery investigation into BAE Systems’ £43 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia was taken for the sake of national security and not for commercial reasons, five law lords were told today.”
The Times, 7th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A man who was beaten up by singer Amy Winehouse’s husband has been cleared of accepting a £200,000 bribe to drop his assault complaint.”
BBC News, 25th June 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The British government lacks the political will to prosecute company executives who bribe foreign politicians and officials to win contracts, an anti-corruption group declared yesterday in a report.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“BAE Systems is urging the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to review its abandoned investigation into the company’s £43bn arms deal with Saudi Arabia.”
BBC News, 7th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A review into business practices at defence firm BAE Systems has called for tougher anti-bribery measures.”
BBC News, 6th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Related link: Ethical business conduct in BAE Systems (PDF)
“The Serious Fraud Office is to challenge the ruling that it must rethink the halting of its investigation into a £43 billion arms deals between BAE Systems and Saudi Arabia.”
The Times, 25th April, 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
” The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) will appeal against a recent High Court judgment that it ‘acted unlawfully’ when it dropped an investigation into bribery and corruption allegations over a BAE Systems’ arms deal with Saudi Arabia.”
The Times, 22nd April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Serious Fraud Office is to appeal against the devastating court ruling that it acted unlawfully by dropping its investigation into BAE Systems.”
The Times, 18th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Eighteen months after the Serious Fraud Office abandoned the BAE inquiry, two high court judges yesterday ruled the decision unlawful in a judgment that was stinging in its criticism of both the SFO and the British government for caving in to pressure from Saudi Arabia. The legal action was brought by the anti-bribery pressure group Corner House Research and the Campaign Against Arms Trade. Here are edited extracts from the summary judgment published yesterday.”
The Guardian, 11th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ‘acted unlawfully’ when it dropped an investigation into bribery and corruption in arms deals between BAE systems, Europe’s largest defence company, and Saudi Arabia, the High Court ruled today.”
The Times, 10th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Saudi Arabia’s rulers threatened to make it easier for terrorists to attack London unless corruption investigations into their arms deals were halted, according to court documents revealed yesterday.”
The Guardian, 15th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Documents revealing secret lobbying by the arms giant BAE are expected to be disclosed today by court order.”
The Guardian, 14th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Law Commission has proposed a simplification of the law to help in the fight against corruption. Could the civil law also be reformed to encourage private actions to recover damages?”
The Times, 11th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Our review considers the full range of structural options for a scheme of bribery offences. ”
Law Commission, 29th November 2007
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
Bribery dispute is within scope of charterparty
Fiona Trust and Holding Corporation and Others v Privalov and Others
House of Lords
“A dispute as to whether a charterparty contract had been validly rescinded for alleged bribery came within the scope of an arbitration term in the contract.”
The Times, 25th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“A dispute as to whether a charterparty contract could be rescinded for alleged bribery came within the scope of an agreement in the charterparty to submit to arbitration any dispute arising under the contract.”
WLR Daily, 17th October 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
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