More than just ‘box ticking’ When the Bribery Act was introduced into the UK in 2011, the most significant change to the pre-existing law was the establishment of the corporate offence of failing to prevent bribery – an organisation is liable to prosecution if an associated person (who performs services for or on behalf of […]

The legal concept of “adequate procedures” was introduced in the UK Bribery Act in 2010 as a defence to the corporate offence of failing to prevent bribery. That said, the concept itself has in fact been present in corporate compliance programs for many years and, whilst the English Courts have yet to determine exactly what […]