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United Kingdom - August 7 2012
In the recent judgment of Simmons v Castle, the Court of Appeal has confirmed that in all cases where a judgment is given on or after 1 April 2013, the proper level of general damages to be awarded for personal injury, nuisance, defamation and all other tort claims that cause suffering, inconvenience or distress to individuals will be increased by 10%.
United Kingdom - May 22 2012
On 17 May 2012 the Ministry of Justice (“MoJ”) launched a consultation on plans to introduce a new means of resolving criminal cases in England and Wales: the Deferred Prosecution Agreement.
United Kingdom - February 6 2012
On 31 January 2012, four individuals were sentenced for conspiring to commit corruption offences in securing payments in exchange for disclosing confidential procurement information between 2001 and 2009 in relation to lucrative energy engineering projects in Abu Dhabi, Egypt, Iran, Russia and Singapore.
Global - November 8 2011
On 2 November 2011, Transparency International, the anti-corruption non-governmental organisation (“TI”), launched its fifth Bribe Payers Index (the “Index”), which ranks 28 of the world’s largest economies according to the expected likelihood of their companies to bribe when doing business abroad.
