By Christopher Hooley, Partner

The Bribery Act (the “Act”) which received Royal Assent in the United Kingdom (“UK”) on 8th April 2010 will come into force in the Spring of 2011.

The Act reforms the UK’s current criminal anti-bribery law and covers instances of bribery committed both within and outside the UK.

By Jonathan Rostron , Partner

Introduction
South Korea is a major trading nation with a large merchant fleet. It also has a significant ship-building capacity. Vessels with either Korean flags or foreign flags are often threatened with arrest in South Korea with the purpose of securing claims arising out of ship mortgages, ship collision, bills of lading, charterparties, cargo loss, ship building contracts and so on. We discuss below the criteria which an arresting party must satisfy to arrest a ship in South Korea and the procedural hoops a claimant must go through.

By Adam Hugill, Solicitor

An amendment to the Employment Ordinance that will make employers liable to criminal prosecution if they fail to pay any sum awarded by the Labour Tribunal (or Minor Employment Claims Adjudication Board) will come into force imminently.