Public Interest And Corruption

Corporate Crime analysis: What is the relevance of public interest to corruption offences? Alison Geary and Sahil Sinha of international law firm, WilmerHale discuss the implications of the decision in R v Chapman.

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R v Chapman, Gaffney & Panton [2015] EWCA Crim 539, [2015] All ER (D) 313 (Mar)

The proceedings concerned two cases in which journalists had been convicted under the 700-year-old common law of misconduct in public office. The journalists were found to have paid public officers for information. The Court of Appeal held that at the original trial the jury had been misdirected on how serious the abuse of public office...