Contracts

Following consultation with the Global Recruitment team, the Contract & Commissions Officer will draft a new contract which will be sent to you to sign and return.  The contract will be countersigned by Oxford Brookes University and a copy returned to you. The contract period is a standard 3 years but we reserve the right to shorten this period.

Following consultation between yourself and the Global Recruitment team, a decision will be made as to whether to extend the recruitment territory.  A supplementary agreement will be drawn up by the Contract & Commissions Officer which will be sent to you to sign and return.  The supplementary agreement will be countersigned by Oxford Brookes University and a copy returned to you.

14.1 Either party shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement immediately in the event of an irremediable breach of any material term thereof by the other party.

14.2 The University may terminate this agreement for any breach by the Representative in its sole discretion (acting reasonably) of clause 6 of this Agreement.

14.3 If a breach is capable of remedy and if such breach is not remedied within thirty (30) days of notice of the breach the party not in breach shall be entitled to terminate immediately.

14.4 Either party shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement:

1. at any time by giving to the other at least three (3) calendar months’ notice in writing to take effect on or at any time preceding expiry of the term specified in Schedule 4; or
2. immediately by written notice in the event of any of the following occurrences:
   1. a third party lawfully takes adverse possession of any of the premises of or a receiver is appointed over a substantial portion of the assets of the other party; or
   2. the other party makes any voluntary arrangement with its creditors or becomes subject to an administration order or goes into liquidation (except for the purposes of amalgamation or reconstruction); or
   3. any process similar to the above under the law of the Representative’s jurisdiction occurs in relation to that party.

14.5 Notwithstanding any other right of termination that the University may have under this Agreement the University may terminate this Agreement at its sole discretion upon three (3) months prior written notice to the Representative.

The Bribery Act 2010 modernises the law on bribery. It came into force on 1 July 2011.

Key Points

This Act deals only with bribery - not other forms of white collar crime.

Hospitality is not prohibited by the Act.

Facilitation payments are bribes under the Act just as they are under the old law.

What is covered by the Act?

The Act is concerned with bribery. Very generally, this is defined as giving someone a financial or other advantage to encourage that person to perform their functions or activities improperly or to reward that person for having already done so. So this could cover seeking to influence a decision-maker by giving some kind of extra benefit to that decision maker rather than by what can legitimately be offered as part of a tender process.