On 5 April 2016, The Scottish Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (“COPFS”) announced the latest resolution of a Bribery Act enforcement action against the Glasgow-based logistics company, Braid Logistics (UK) Limited. Braid agreed to pay £2.2 million pursuant to a Civil Recovery Order and accepted responsibility for contravention of sections 1 and 7 of […]

On 8 January 2016, Recorder Andrew Mitchell QC at the Southwark Crown Court sentenced Smith & Ouzman Ltd (an Eastbourne-based printing company) to pay £2.2m in respect of bribery offences (under the pre-Bribery Act legislation), after the company and certain senior executives had been found guilty in December 2014. This case is significant because it […]

Two former employees of Smith & Ouzman Ltd (“SO”) were sentenced at Southwark Crown Court yesterday for foreign bribery offences. Key facts 1.       SO is an Eastbourne-based printing company that specialises in security documents, such as ballot papers. 2.       A jury found that between 1 November 2006 and 31 December 2010, corrupt payments totalling £395,074 […]