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Second UK 'failure-to-prevent' bribery case put on hold

By Martin Coyle ( March 12, 2019, 15:08 GMT | Insight) -- Companies that fail to prevent bribery will have to wait a little longer for a second legal precedent in the UK after a judge today said a case against engineering company Rapid Engineering Supplies wasn’t ready to proceed. The case against the company is the second contested "failure-to-prevent" case in the UK since the act came into force in 2011. The first case resulted in a conviction for Skansen Interiors last year.Companies that fail to prevent bribery will have to wait a little longer for a second legal precedent in the UK after a judge today said a case against engineering company Rapid Engineering Supplies wasn’t ready to proceed....

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