UK fraud office loses Supreme Court case against KBR over overseas documents By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) – The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) on Friday lost a Supreme Court case against U.S. engineering, procurement and construction company KBR Inc over whether it has the power to compel foreign businesses to hand over documents held overseas.

In a judgment that will hamper cross-border criminal investigations, senior judges said they unanimously disagreed with a 2018 lower court ruling that so-called Section 2 notices could have extra-territorial reach.