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Campaigners continue to raise concerns about SFO-BAE settlement process
but withdraw legal challange
The Corner House and Campaign Against Arms Trade

8 April 2010

Campaign Against Arms Trade and The Corner House withdrew their application for a judicial review of the 5 February 2010 decision by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to enter a controversial plea bargain settlement with BAE Systems and to drop "conspiracy to corrupt" charges against a BAE former agent. They concluded they were unable to appeal against the 22 March 2010 refusal by a High Court judge to grant permission to bring the legal challenge. Nonetheless, both CAAT and The Corner House will continue to raise questions about the settlement and the process leading up to it.

file iconLegal letter withdrawing judicial review application
file iconPress Release

Judge's refusal of permission
to apply for Judicial Review of SFO-BAE-Tanzania settlement
Honourable Mr Justice Collins

22 March 2010

On 22 March 2010, a High Court judge, the Honourable Mr Justice Collins, refused to grant permission to Campaign Against Arms Trade and The Corner House to bring a judicial review of the Serious Fraud Office February decision to make a plea bargain settlement with BAE Systems and to drop "conspiracy to corrupt" charges against a BAE former agent.

file iconRefusal

Serious Fraud Office and BAE contest judicial review application
Serious Fraud Office and BAE Systems

12 March 2010

After CAAT and The Corner House had submitted their application on 26 February 2010 for a judicial review of the Serious Fraud Office decision to make a plea bargain settlement with BAE Systems and to drop "conspiracy to corrupt" charges against a BAE former agent, the Director of the Serious Fraud Office and BAE Systems submitted their versions of the facts and legal grounds to contest the application, arguing that permission to bring the review should not be given.

file iconSFO Grounds of Resistance
file iconBAE Grounds of Resistance
file iconReply to SFO & BAE Resistance

High Court grants injunction against settlement
The Corner House and Campaign Against Arms Trade

1 March 2010

The High Court granted an injunction prohibiting the Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) from taking any further steps in its February 2010 plea bargain settlement with BAE Systems. The injunction is in force until the Court decides whether or not to give permission to Campaign Against Arms Trade and The Corner House to apply for a judicial review of the settlement.

PRESS RELEASE

file iconInjunction Order

Campaigners seek court injunction against UK Serious Fraud Offices's BAE settlement
Judicial review papers lodged
The Corner House and CAAT

26 February 2010

Lawyers acting for Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) and The Corner House lodged papers on 26 February 2010 at the High Court in London asking for an injunction to delay the UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) from seeking court approval for its controversial plea bargain settlement with BAE Systems pending the outcome of a Judicial Review. They lodged papers requesting the Judicial Review at the same time.

file iconFacts and Grounds
file iconInjunction application

Legal challenge launched
against UK Serious Fraud Office's BAE settlement
CAAT and The Corner House

12 February 2010

Lawyers acting on behalf of Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) and The Corner House issued a letter to the Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) laying out their intention to request a judicial review of the 5 February 2010 decision by the SFO to enter a plea agreement with BAE. The basis for the legal challenge is that the SFO failed properly to apply prosecution guidance (including its own guidance). In particular, the plea agreement reached fails to reflect the seriousness and extent of BAE's alleged offending, which includes corruption and bribery, and to provide the court with adequate sentencing powers.

file iconLetter Before Claim