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Partner Maria Cronin and Trainee Solicitor Philip Gardner discuss the recent case of KBR Inc v The Serious Fraud Office in The Barrister

Maria Cronin and Philip Gardner discuss the recent case of R (on behalf of KBR Inc) v The Serious Fraud Office [2018] EWHC 2368 (Admin) in which the SFO’s decision to serve Section 2 Notices on a foreign company in relation to material held overseas was unsuccessfully challenged before the Administrative Division of the High Court. The case is an important example of the increasingly forceful approach taken by UK enforcement authorities. The article can be read here: http://www.barristermagazine.com/the-prosecutorial-power-pendulum-the-queen-kbr-v-the-director-of-the-serious-fraud-office/