Compensating the victims of foreign bribery: PhD candidate Sam Hickey's report cited in House of Lords

A report by PhD candidate Sam Hickey entitled ‘Compensating the victims of foreign bribery: UK legislation, practice and recommended reforms’ was recently cited in the House of Lords by Lord Edward Garnier KC [read the Lords debate here ]. The report explains the inadequacy of employing traditional criminal compensation order criteria in large-scale corporate bribery cases that impact vulnerable populaces in low-income countries; it also makes several recommendations as to how the U.K. Serious Fraud Office and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office could more effectively implement compensation measures in such cases. Lord Garnier KC urged the Minister to have regard to the report as part of the Government’s upcoming review of victim compensation in criminal cases.