UK Supreme Court Ruling on Territorial Extent of SFO's Powers Impacts SFO's Evidence Gathering Capabilities | WilmerHale
On February 5, 2021 the Supreme Court handed down judgment in the case of 1 This high-profile case concerned the territorial extent of the UK Serious Fraud Office’s (SFO) powers under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987, so-called ‘Section 2’ or ‘Here and Now’ Notices (S2 notices). The outcome has implications for the SFO’s evidence gathering capabilities. KBR was incorporated in the USA, had no registered office or fixed place of business in the UK, and did not carry on business in the UK. In 2017, one of its UK-based subsidiaries, Kellog Brown & Root Ltd, was under inves...
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