BCL partner,
Richard Sallybanks speaks to James Thomas
of Global Investigations Review
(GIR) about the possible repercussions of a UK
judge's decision to force retailer Tesco to hand over documents
in a civil case that it obtained from the Serious Fraud
Office (SFO) in a separate criminal matter.
Below is a small excerpt from the GIR article*.
'The material Tesco has been ordered to hand over mostly
includes interview transcripts and witness statements that the SFO
acquired from third parties under section 2 of the Criminal Justice
Act 1987, which gives the authority the power to compel an
individual or entity to provide information that is deemed relevant
to an investigation.