Serious Fraud Office: Standards
Commons · Question 13389 · Tabled 25 Jun 2026 · Attorney General · Official record
Answered 3 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Iqbal Mohamed
To ask the Solicitor General, whether she plans to review the Serious Fraud Office’s internal procedures following the quashing of Mr Tom Hayes’ conviction by the Supreme Court.
Answer
Answered by Ellie Reeves, 3 Jul 2026
The judgement made in Tom Hayes’ and Carlo Palombo’s appeal to the Supreme Court regarding their convictions for manipulating Libor and Euribor was not based on flaws in the SFO’s procedures, but that the directions given by the judge at their trials were...