News: Bribery & Corruption

Security company director found not guilty of bribery

Patrick Hill represented security company director Soraya Henderson, who was found not guilty of two counts of bribery by a...

17th July 2023

Helen Malcolm KC, Hugh Davies OBE KC & Saba Naqshbandi nominated for Legal 500 Awards

Three members of Chambers, and Chambers, have been nominated for professional awards by the Legal 500. Helen Malcolm KC...

7th July 2022

Vega Traders’ High Court challenge to the Financial Conduct Authority

Hugo Keith KC represented the group of British oil traders who made $700 million in a few hours in their challenge to orders...

15th May 2022

Former Chief Information Officer sentenced for bribery and false accounting offences

James Hines KC and John Greany, instructed by the CPS specialist fraud division, prosecuted the former Chief Information...

3rd February 2022

Airbus enters into historic global resolution of bribery and corruption allegations

On 31 January 2020, multinational aerospace corporation Airbus SE entered into settlement agreements with the UK's Serious...

31st January 2020

Former Company Director pleads guilty to £12M bribery scheme

A former owner of UK-based ALCA Fasteners has pleaded guilty at Walsall Magistrates Court to bribing a purchasing manager to...

31st May 2019

Civil Recovery Order in SFO Chadian Corruption case

Jonathan Ashley-Norman KC and Nicholas Yeo acted for the wife a senior Chadian diplomat accused of taking £4.4m of shares as...

26th March 2018

Peter Ferdinand acquitted of conspiracy to bribe

Hugo Keith QC and Rachel Kapila acted for Peter Ferdinand in the SFO's latest case of overseas bribery. Mr Ferdinand was...

27th September 2017

Former Chief Secretary of Hong Kong appeal

Hugo Keith QC appeared in the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal representing one of the appellants in the corruption case...

11th May 2017

Military Equipment Corruption

Following a guilty plea, former financial director, Simon Davies, was sentenced to 11 months imprisonment at the Old Bailey...

30th September 2016