“A review launched by the government in the wake of high-profile match-fixing allegations is set to recommend the creation of a single unit dedicated to investigating corruption in sports betting.”
The Guardian, 10th December 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The House of Lords is set to get its own standards watchdog in the wake of cash for influence allegations, Lords leader Baroness Royall has said.”
BBC News, 29th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Jack Straw has given a speech at the 5th European Forum on Anti-corruption about improving the legal framework relating to bribery and corruption.”
Ministry of Justice, 23rd June 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Britain is preparing to suspend the constitution of the Turks and Caicos Islands as a long-awaited inquiry is expected to find evidence that the country has been plagued by endemic corruption.”
The Observer, 7th June 2009
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk
“Police attitudes have progressed by light years since the bad days of the 1980s and highly publicised miscarriages of justice. So runs the prevailing wisdom. But the recent police operation at the G20 summit and instinctive reaction of some officers to doctor the facts indicates that a deep-seated corruption in policing still prevails.”
The Times, 21st May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Two Labour peers face suspension from the House of Lords until the autumn after being found guilty of offering to try to change the law in return for money.”
The Guardian, 14th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Peers will be expelled from the House of Lords if they break the law under new powers being proposed in the wake of the cash for amendments controversy.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An independent report into the suspicious death of Stuart Lubbock at the entertainer Michael Barrymore’s home has ruled out allegations that Essex police officers were corrupt.”
The Guardian, 24th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Labour peers accused of attempting to change the law in favour of companies employing them will not be investigated by the police, Scotland Yard said today.”
The Guardian, 11th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two out of five senior executives would attempt to bury a corruption problem rather than report it to authorities, a survey has found.”
The Times, 4th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The House of Lords embarked on a hasty damage-limitation exercise yesterday by preparing new powers to suspend any member found to have broken the rules in the ‘cash for peers’ crisis.”
The Times, 27th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Jack Straw has made a statement on the UK’s anti-corruption strategy following his appointment as the government’s anti-corruption champion.”
Ministry of Justice, 15th October 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Statement on House of Lords ruling: Corner House v SFO.”
Attorney General’s Office, 30th July 2008
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
“Where, following threats by a foreign state as to the consequences, affecting national security, if he pursued an investigation into alleged corruption, the Director of the Serious Fraud Office had discontinued it, he had been entitled in his discretion to do so.”
WLR Daily, 30th July 2008
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.
Regina (Corner House Research and Another) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office
House of Lords
“Where he took the view that protecting the lives of British citizens outweighed the public interest in pursuing an investigation into allegations of corruption, the Director of the Serious Fraud Office had been entitled to exercise his discretion to discontinue the corruption investigation following threats by a foreign state as to consequences affecting national security if he did not do so.”
The Times, 31st July 2008
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.
“The House of Lords has ruled that the Serious Fraud Office acted lawfully when it halted its investigation into a Saudi arms deal.”
BBC News, 30th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“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
“The City of London Police has defended the race-fixing investigation which ended with the collapse of a £10m trial but said procedures could be tightened.”
BBC News, 16th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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