Lissack and Horlick on Bribery and Corruption
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Source Currency: Third Edition
While both authoritative and accessible, Lissack and Horlick on Bribery and Corruption offers a clear emphasis on all practical issues with each chapter ending with a bullet-point list summarizing key points to be considered. The new edition of this comprehensive work offers a full overview of the legislation set in both a national and international context, with a full explanation of the scope of the Act and Ministry of Justice guidance together with detailed insight into anti-corruption measures and sentencing. New to this edition: deferred prosecution agreements (DPA); recent pre-BA corruption trials and the learning points/challenges in prosecuting or defending historic bribery offences; sentencing for breach of s 7, BA 2010 (failure to prevent bribery); SFO investigations into bribery offences (developments re privilege and section 2 notices; disclosure of s 2 information, impact of Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR; likely increase in use of civil recovery powers); FCPA policy changes and increased use in monitorships; increase in corporate criminal offences of failure to prevent bribery/corruption with extraterritorial effect in other jurisdictions too such as France (SAPIN2); developments re cross jurisdictional bribery investigations and possible impact of Brexit on information sharing powers.
While both authoritative and accessible, Lissack and Horlick on Bribery and Corruption offers a clear emphasis on all practical issues with each chapter ending with a bullet-point list summarizing key points to be considered. The new edition of this comprehensive work offers a full overview of the legislation set in both a national and international context, with a full explanation of the scope of the Act and Ministry of Justice guidance together with detailed insight into anti-corruption measures and sentencing. New to this edition: deferred prosecution agreements (DPA); recent pre-BA corruption trials and the learning points/challenges in prosecuting or defending historic bribery offences; sentencing for breach of s 7, BA 2010 (failure to prevent bribery); SFO investigations into bribery offences (developments re privilege and section 2 notices; disclosure of s 2 information, impact of Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR; likely increase in use of civil recovery powers); FCPA policy changes and increased use in monitorships; increase in corporate criminal offences of failure to prevent bribery/corruption with extraterritorial effect in other jurisdictions too such as France (SAPIN2); developments re cross jurisdictional bribery investigations and possible impact of Brexit on information sharing powers.
