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The High Court today formally quashed the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) decision to drop its corruption investigation into arms deals between BAE Systems and Saudi Arabia. This follows the Court’s ruling on 10th April that the SFO, acting on government advice, acted unlawfully in stopping its investigation in December 2006 following a threat from Saudi
“You've arrived at a good time” I was hailed whilst I scanned the lunch table licking my lips in anticipation, and I suppose I had! Hello, my name is Todd, recent addition to the CAAT team in the capacity of a rather wet behind the ears media volunteer. So it was with some trepidation and
The Corner House and Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) are not surprised to learn that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) will be asking this Thursday for leave to appeal to the House of Lords against the High Court judgment of 10 April that SFO had acted unlawfully by cutting short a corruption investigation into arms
Christian campaigners have called for the reopening of a corruption investigation into the arms company BAE Systems following a landmark ruling in the High Court last week. The court ruled that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) had acted unlawfully by cutting short an investigation into BAE’s Saudi arms deals after the government received a
The Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has called on the Prime Minister to end his silence on a High Court ruling on BAE Systems that took place nearly a week ago. The court ruled on 10th April that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) had acted unlawfully by cutting short a corruption investigation into BAE’s
April the High Court handed down a ruling in favour of CAAT and The Corner House, finding that the government had buckled under pressure from a Saudi prince and unlawfully ended the investigation into allegations of corruption surrounding arms deals with Saudi Arabia. Given the landmark status of the Court's judgment a press conference was held
The name Blackwater first seriously entered the popular consciousness on September 17th 2007 when 17 Iraqi civilians were shot dead by Blackwater employees, working as ‘security contractors’, in an affluent neighbourhood of Baghdad. The Iraqi government’s investigation found that, contrary to the claims of the Blackwater corporation, the security contractors had not been attacked. A
The High Court this morning ruled that the Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) acted unlawfully when he stopped a corruption investigation into BAE Systems’ arms deals with Saudi Arabia. The judgment was handed down by Lord Justice Moses and Mr Justice Sullivan in response to a judicial review brought by Campaign Against Arms
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