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R (KBR Inc) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office

Hearings

England & Wales

06 Sep 2018 [2018] EWHC 2368 (Admin); [2019] QB 675; [2019] 2 WLR 267; [2019] Lloyd's Rep FC 153; [2018] WLR (D) 562; [2019] Crim LR 50; [2018] ACD 128, DC (Gross LJ, Ouseley J)

08 Apr 2019 (appn all) [2019] 1 WLR 3408, SC(E) (Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, Lord Briggs, Lord Sales JJSC)

05 Feb 2021 [2021] UKSC 2; [2022] AC 519; [2021] 2 WLR 335; [2022] 1 All ER 97; [2021] 1 BCLC 651; [2021] WLR(D) 84, SC(E) (Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Briggs, Lady Arden, Lord Hamblen, Lord Stephens JJSC)

Subject Matter

COMPANY — Fraud — Investigation — Director of Serious Fraud Office having power to require production of documents for fraud investigation — Whether power having extraterritorial application in respect of foreign company — Criminal Justice Act 1987 (c 38), s 2(3)

[2018] EWHC 2368 (Admin); [2019] QB 675; [2019] 2 WLR 267; [2019] Lloyd's Rep FC 153; [2018] WLR (D) 562; [2019] Crim LR 50; [2018] ACD 128, DC

[2021] UKSC 2; [2022] AC 519; [2021] 2 WLR 335; [2022] 1 All ER 97; [2021] 1 BCLC 651; [2021] WLR(D) 84, SC(E)

Appellate History

R (KBR Inc) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office [2018] EWHC 2368 (Admin); [2019] QB 675; [2019] 2 WLR 267; [2019] Lloyd's Rep FC 153; [2018] WLR (D) 562; [2019] Crim LR 50; [2018] ACD 128, DC

Decision of the Divisional Court of the Queen’s Bench Division reversed

R (KBR Inc) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office [2021] UKSC 2; [2022] AC 519; [2021] 2 WLR 335; [2022] 1 All ER 97; [2021] 1 BCLC 651; [2021] WLR(D) 84, SC(E)

Commentary

UK Supreme Court Blog
New judgment: R (on the application of KBR, Inc) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office [2021] UKSC 2 Case comment

Case Comment: R (on the application of KBR, Inc) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office Case comment

Blackstones Criminal Practice 2025
Interrogation of Suspects - Serious or Complex Fraud D1.94

Investigating Corporate Wrongdoing A6.26

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