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First prosecution under the Bribery Act 2010 reaches the Court of Appeal

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • August 21 2012

Further to the September 2011 edition of the Digest, the Court of Appeal has reduced Mr Munir Patel’s sentence

Alba case adjourned

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 17 2012

Further to the November 2011 and March 2012 editions of the Corruption Digest, former Innospec executives, Dr David Turner and Mr Bruce Hall, appeared in court to face corruption charges in connection with the supply of alumina to Bahrain

Pakistan cricketers’ appeal rejected

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • Pakistan, United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 20 2012

Further to the report in the November edition of the Corruption Digest, former Pakistan cricketers Mr Salman Butt and Mr Mohammed Amir’s have had their appeals against their jail sentences dismissed by the Court of Appeal in London

£70 million contracts corruption case

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 20 2012

Four men have been found guilty of allegedly conspiring to corruptly obtain payments in return for supplying confidential information about a number of high value oil and gas engineering projects

Rail executive and wife commit suicide after being caught taking bribes

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 19 2012

Following the conclusion of criminal proceedings and the recent lifting of reporting restrictions, it is reported that a railway executive, Mr Anthony Burgess, and his wife, Mrs Marian Burgess, killed themselves at their home in January 2009, after Mr Burgess allegedly took bribes from two contractors

Two more charged in Innospec probe

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 22 2011

Former chief executive of Associated Octel Corp. (subsequently renamed Innospec Ltd), Mr Dennis Kerrison, and his successor, Mr Paul Jennings, were charged at a London court with two counts of conspiracy to corrupt

London sport-fixing case

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 18 2011

The trial took place in October of three Pakistan cricketers Mr Mohammad Asif, Mr Mohammad Amir and Mr Salman Butt, whom it was alleged had been bribed by Mr Mazhar Majeed to bowl no balls on particular balls of the match for the benefit of a betting scheme

Former Innospec Inc executive charged

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • November 18 2011

Former Innospec Inc executive, Dr David Turner, was charged at a London court for allegedly bribing Iraqi and Indonesian officials between 2002 and 2008 to secure government contracts

£3 million fine for UN sanction breach

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • Global, United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 22 2011

On the 15 December 2010, Weir Group PLC ("Weir"), was fined £3 million after pleading guilty to breaching UN sanctions

Extradition

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • February 22 2011

In late January, Britain's High Court upheld the extradition of a UK citizen to the US in connection with FCPA charges