2015 may see an extension of the corporate offence under the Bribery Act to make companies liable for “failing to prevent” any economic crime. In 2015 we are likely to see the introduction and/or prosecution of a range of new offences, including energy market manipulation and insider dealing offences and a strict liability cartel offence, […]

Transparency International (TI) has written to David Cameron voicing concern over reports that the UK Government is considering a review of the Bribery Act only two years after its implementation. The letter warns that any watering down of the Act will undermine the goal it was designed to achieve. TI welcomed the Government’s focus on tax […]