Failure To Prevent Bribery: The First s7 Sentence

This article looks at the first court sentence for failure to prevent bribery under the Bribery Act 2010.

The Bribery Act 2010 has been in force for over four years. For much of that time, businesses have waited for clarification of the s7 offence of failure to prevent bribery. Finally, near the end of 2015, the first DPA was agreed. Now we have the first sentence from a Crown Court for the s7 offence.

Bribery Act 2010 – s7 offence

As a reminder of the offence under s7 Bribery Act, a "relevant commercial organisation" commits an offence if a person associated with it bribes another person intending to get or keep business, or an advantage in the conduct of business for the organisation.