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Bribery Act impact

22 February 2012
Issue: 7502 / Categories: Legal News
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New Act may not make an impression for another 10 years

The real impact of the Bribery Act 2010 may not be felt for another decade, predicts forensic accountant Merryck Lowe in the NLJ.

The fact there has been no “prosecution show-piece” since it came into force amid much hype six months ago may make it seem like a “damp squib”, he says, but that is not the case.

He predicts a “sea change” in “a decade or so”, where “we will have become used to a compliance orientated environment, in which we are expected to think about our duties of good faith and impartiality”.

Issue: 7502 / Categories: Legal News
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NEWS
Ceri Morgan, knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery
The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week
Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege
Geoff Dover, managing director at Heirloom Fair Legal, sets out a blueprint for ethical litigation funding in the wake of high-profile law firm collapses
James Grice, head of innovation and AI at Lawfront, explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the legal sector
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