A bribe’s a bribe, whatever its value: the first prosecution under the UK Bribery Act Anna Birtwistle 18 Oct 2011

After having its implementation delayed a number of times, the Bribery Act 2010 (the “Act”) finally came into force on 1 July 2011. Last Friday marked the first prosecution under the new Act but was not what many had been expecting: the bribe in question being for a measly £500. And after much talk and [...]

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Courts take a cyber leap into the 21st Century Anna Birtwistle 22 Dec 2010

Following the court decision to allow journalists permission to tweet from the bail hearing of Wikileak’s founder Julian Assange, this week the Lord Chief Justice has published guidance to deal with applications made in court to permit live communication via social media channels (including Twitter) during the hearing. Whilst journalists in some US states have [...]

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