Bribery law reform discussed

This Consultation Paper is intended to build on a previous Law Commission report on bribery and corruption 'Legislating the Criminal Code - Corruption (Item 11 of the 6th Programme of Law Reform: Criminal Law)’ (HC 524), taking into account Parliamentary and Government reactions and related international Conventions since signed by the UK.

The Paper considers the following in detail:

• The current law
• Previous attempts to reform the law of bribery
• A model for bribery
• The conduct element of the new bribery offence
• The fault element
• A separate offence of bribing a foreign public official
• Defences, barriers to prosecution and ancillary matters
• Corporate liability
• Assisting and encouraging bribery
• Bribery committed outside England and Wales.

Proposals include the suggestion that the law of bribery should not draw a distinction between bribery in the public sector and bribery in the private sector.

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