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The Spirit of Christmas Fair will open in London’s Olympia Centre tomorrow amidst widespread criticism of its owners, Clarion Events, who have recently bought five arms fairs, including the biennial London arms fair known as Defence Systems and Equipment International (DSEI). Several exhibitors have already expressed their disapproval of the arms trade

The Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has today written to the BBC over its part in the MPH motor show, which opens today in London and whose owners Clarion Events have recently purchased arms fairs. MPH is run by Clarion in association with the BBC’s Top Gear programme. Clarion’s recent Baby Show faced a

It has been a busy time on the arms trade campaigning front for me. First up was a stall at the London Vegan Festival. The stall was well positioned in the main hall and there was a steady stream of people for most of the day. Badges were brought, T-shirts sold, campaigning postcards given away

The OECD’s Anti-Bribery Working Group, an international watchdog which monitors corruption, has held that the UK authorities breached their obligations under international law when they cancelled a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation into arms deals between BAE Systems and Saudi Arabia. The Corner House and the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) have welcomed the

A few weeks ago I was sat in a large canteen basking in the modicum of glamour that had been injected into my day. It may have merely manifested itself as a mediocre cappuccino at the BBC building (mediocre being as positive as I can be), but the company I was keeping more than made

So the Law Lords have overturned the victory CAAT and the Corner House won in April, declaring that the SFO was in line with the law when it closed a corruption inquiry after pressure from the government. They said this because it was decided amongst themselves that the law cannot be bent, unless 'national security'

On the 30th July the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords delivered their legal verdict on the Serious Fraud Office's decision to cancel the now famous corruption investigation into Saudi Arabia and BAE Systems. Having been present at the hearing, I had heard the very eloquent and erudite arguments put forth by CAAT and

The Law Lords have this morning upheld an appeal by the Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) against the High Court’s ruling that he acted unlawfully in terminating a corruption investigation into BAE Systems’ arms deals with Saudi Arabia. The appeal followed a High Court judgment in April that the SFO,