What's the Big Idea?
Articles | Vol 154 no 29 27-07-2010
We live in interesting times. That is of course an ancient Chinese curse – may you live in interesting times means may you have plagues, disasters, political upheavals, warlords, murrains, unsightly warts on the nose and, of course, coalitions....
Kicking out the kick-backs
Articles | Vol 154 no 19 18-05-2010
The Bribery Act was rushed through in the final days of the last Parliament. Now, solicitors should act equally quickly to ensure clients have adequate procedures to protect themselves from prosecution, says Nick Burkill
Update: fraud
Articles | Vol 154 no 19 18-05-2010
David McCluskey rounds up developments in bribery and corruption, defence costs orders in fraud cases, video link evidence, changes to the CPR and money laundering
High hurdles
Articles | Vol 154 no 8 02-03-2010
The bringing of judicial review proceedings over the SFO’s decision not to prosecute in the BAE Systems' case is likely to be treated by the courts with the greatest caution, says Adam Chapman
Wake-up call
Articles | Vol 154 no 4 02-02-2010
All businesses and their legal advisers need to get to grips with their obligations under the Bribery Bill, as failure to implement adequate procedures could have dire consequences, warns Neil Swift
Comply or die
Articles | Vol 154 no 3 26-01-2010
By embracing new technology, firms will find it easier to meet their compliance burden and avoid the ever-increasing penalties for breaches of data protection, say Lawrence Milner and Don Hughes
More blue sky thinking
Articles | Vol 154 no 1 12-01-2009
In the second part of its 2010 forecast,
Solicitors Journal picks out the areas likely to see some of the more significant changes, considering what practitioners should look out for in crime, local authority, private client and...Footing the bill
Articles | Vol 153 no 43 17-11-2009
The recommendations of the joint committee on the draft Bribery Bill offer practical solutions to problems relating to corporate liability, but it remains to be seen whether the government will implement them, says Alex Odell
No trivial pursuit
Articles | Vol 153 no 44 24-11-2009
The SFO is engaging in more productive dialogue with companies to resolve problems of corruption, say Nick Gray and Jonathan Cotton
The American dream?
Articles | Vol 153 no 34 15-09-2009
The SFO's new guidelines for dealing with overseas corruption contain admirable aims, but it remains to be seen how successful implementing an American model will be, says Hassan Khan
2 September 2010
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