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The Bribery Act 2010 (BA 2010) Enacted to secure the UK’s adherence to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, the Bribery Act 2010 (BA 2010) delivers an effective framework to address corruption across public and private spheres, updating the UK’s anti-corruption regime and supplanting Prevention of Corruption Act 1906 and Prevention of Corruption Act 1916. BA 2010 carries significant consequences for any company incorporated in, or trading from, the UK. Its global reach covers bribery undertaken by a business, or by third parties acting for it, regardless of where in the world the conduct occurs...

Hackney carriages and private hire vehicles A ‘hackney carriage’ means a vehicle authorised to ‘ply for hire’, namely to offer a taxi service and stand on taxi ranks awaiting passengers. See the Practice Note: Taxi licensing. Plying for hire without a hackney carriage licence is an offence under section 45 of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847 (TPCA 1847). Touting for car hire services constitutes an offence by virtue of section 167 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (CJPOA 1994). See Practice Notes: Taxi touting or soliciting for hire, and Taxi and private hire vehicles enforcement. A ‘private hire vehicle’ is defined at section 80 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (LG(MP)A 1976) as ‘a motor vehicle constructed or adapted to seat fewer than nine passengers, other than a hackney carriage or public service vehicle, or a London cab or tramcar, which is provided for hire with the services of a driver for the purpose of carrying passengers’. A ‘private hire vehicle’ must not...

The scope of offences a juror may commit in connection with a trial on which they sit was widened when the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (CJCA 2015) introduced, in particular, four new offences into the Juries Act 1974 (JA 1974). The pre-existing JA 1974 offences, together with the offence of contempt of court, remain available to those examining alleged jury irregularities and misconduct. For further guidance on such irregularities, see the Practice Note: Dealing with jury irregularities. The Criminal Practice Directions (CPD) now reflect the offences set out in JA 1974, ss 20A–20D, together with the related repeal of section 8 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 (CCA 1981). Judges dealing with juror misconduct enjoy a wide discretion as to how they wish to proceed against the juror concerned, as appropriate. Provision of information to jurors Before a prospective juror sits on a jury, the court officer must ensure that each juror receives general information about jury service and about a juror's responsibilities...