Corporate Criminal Offences - Are you interested in protecting your business? Please contact me if you wish to attend my seminar

Last month, the first contested criminal trial involving a bribery allegation concluded. Skansen Interiors Ltd (SIL), was convicted for failing to have in place adequate procedures to prevent bribery, which is a criminal offence under section 7 of the Bribery Act.

SIL’s former managing director, Stephen Banks, gave Graham Deakin of developer DTZ Ltd ￡10,000 and promised him a further ￡29,000 in return for confidential information in 2012 and 2013. Banks was intending to use the information to help SIL win commercial property contracts from DTZ.

It remains to be seen whether the case continues into the Court of Appeal, but whatever happens, the issues in the trial will be of interest to all those working in the corporate criminal liability field.

Read the full article here.

I am preparing a series of seminars discussing the impact of recent corporate criminal offences and the adequate procedure defence. If you or your organisation wishes to attend the seminar please contact me directly and I will send out the relevant details nearer to the time.