by Sean Reilly | Jul 6, 2008
Campaigners have said they are confident that an appeal by a Government agency concerning corruption in the arms trade will fail. The House of Lords will this week hear the Serious Fraud Office’s appeal against the High Court’s recent decision on a BAE...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 3, 2008
Arms companies are facing a week of protests across the UK after a year of increasing public opposition to the arms trade. Stop the Arms Trade Week is underway and runs until 8 June 2008 – involving people of all faiths and none. With events including an Arms...
by Sean Reilly | Apr 10, 2008
The High Court this morning ruled that the Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) acted unlawfully when he stopped a corruption investigation into BAE Systems’ arms deals with Saudi Arabia. The judgment was handed down by Lord Justice Moses and Mr Justice...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 15, 2008
Documents released in the High Court yesterday show that Britain’s biggest arms company, BAE Systems, wrote to the Attorney General on a “strictly private and confidential” basis urging him to halt the Serious Fraud Office investigation into allegations...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 30, 2008
The giant arms company BAE Systems is so far over budget with two of its latest projects that they will cost UK taxpayers £2.2 billion more than expected, a government report acknowledges. Peace campaigners say it is a scandal. The figure is revealed in a report by...