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Thursday, April 10, 2008

SFO unlawful in ending BAE probe


SFO unlawful in ending BAE probe

The High Court has ruled that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) acted unlawfully by dropping a corruption probe into a £43bn Saudi arms deal.

Defence firm BAE was accused of making illegal payments to Saudi officials to secure contracts but the firm maintains that it acted lawfully.

The SFO said national security would have been undermined by the probe.

The Campaign Against Arms Trade argued that the decision was illegal under an international anti-bribery convention.

It will not be news to some that Tony Blair and Lord Goldsmith acted unlawfully in reaching the decision to halt the SFO probe.

UPDATE: High Court judgment in pdf here.
jailhouselawyer at 10:22 AM

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John Hirst Hull, East Yorkshire, GB "Who is John Hirst?" the Sun online questioned the day after the UK lost its appeal to the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR in the prisoners votes case. The profile was not very informative nor flattering. But, I don't like the Sun either so we are quits. I was born, at 2 I was put into Dr Barnardo's Homes. What they called care, we refer to it as physical and sexual abuse. I drifted into crime, and spent 35 years in prison. In spite of the system, I reformed and rehabilitated myself with the support of some within and outside of the system. I was transformed from a law breaker into a law-maker. I am firmly committed to prisoners rights, and am a campaigner for penal reform. I live in a 3 bedroom terrace house within a cul-de-sac, and have a dog as a companion. My Latvian friend keeps invading my space and telling me I need a wife. She does keep the house clean and tidy, but loves my dog and calls him her boyfriend... Recently, Viking FM have asked for advice and reports for the news on radio on Criminal Justice issues. In addition, I used to write regularly for Inside Time the National newspaper for prisoners.
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