‘More than £190m of assets, including a £50m mansion overlooking Hyde Park in London, have been seized from a Pakistani property tycoon after a settlement in a UK police “dirty money” investigation.’
The Guardian, 3rd December 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Denying access to justice risks creating fresh conflicts at a time when the international rule of law is under threat, the Commonwealth secretary general has warned ahead of a meeting of the organisation’s law enforcement officers.’
The Guardian, 5th November 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Dozens of UK law firms are – wittingly or unwittingly – providing corrupt individuals with services that enable them to “move, hide and defend their ill-gotten gains with impunity”, Transparency International (TI) has claimed.’
Legal Futures, 25th October 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Two men who say they were framed by a detective nearly 50 years ago have had their cases referred to the Court of Appeal.’
BBC News, 14th October 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A banker’s wife who spent £16million during a series of shopping sprees in Harrods has escaped extradition back to Azerbaijan on fraud charges.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th September 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘More than £100m suspected to have been imported to the UK from bribery and corruption overseas has been frozen following a court order obtained by the National Crime Agency.’
The Guardian, 14th August 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Airport-style security and cutting-edge technology to crack down on criminal activity in prisons.’
Ministry of Justice, 13th August 2019
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘Stephen Lawrence’s best friend has said a multimillion-pound investigation into fears the murdered schoolboy’s killers were shielded by corruption has collapsed.’
The Guardian, 2nd July 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Three London homes worth more than £80m have been frozen by the High Court in the second-ever use of anti-corruption orders to stop foreigners laundering cash in the UK.’
BBC News, 29th May 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A specialist taskforce to tackle staff corruption in jails has been announced by Justice Secretary David Gauke today (4 May 2019).’
Ministry of Justice, 4th May 2019
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘A corrupt immigration officer has been jailed for attempting to extort money from an Indian national who was due to be removed from the UK.’
The Independent, 12th April 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The home secretary and chancellor are to launch a joint assault on fraud, bribery, corruption and money laundering. Sajid Javid and Philip Hammond will chair a new taskforce that will work with senior figures in the financial sector to tackle economic crime. This is a broad category covering a range of illegal activity, with the Home Office estimating its scale to be at least £14.4bn a year.’
The Guardian, 14th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) will not appeal to the Supreme Court last month’s ruling that documents generated in connection with an investigation into the Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) were protected by litigation privilege, it has confirmed.’
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd October 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A London law firm has been ordered to present a new costs bill to a campaigner who led a legal battle to remove former Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman in the latest action brought by an online fees-challenge service.’
Law Society's Gazette, 6th September 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Documents retained by a senior detective involved in one of Britain’s biggest police corruption inquiries have shed light on how efforts were allegedly made to prevent the true scale of wrongdoing from coming to light.’
The Guardian, 19th August 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The police watchdog is investigating allegations of “serious corruption and malpractice” within Scotland Yard‘s own standards unit, a director has revealed.’
The Independent, 22nd July 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Press regulation campaigners have been given the go-ahead to take the government to court over its decision to cancel the second part of the Leveson inquiry into the activities of the media.’
The Guardian, 21st May 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The House of Lords has once again voted to establish a fresh Leveson-style public inquiry into the conduct of the media, overturning a decision made by MPs last week and setting up another showdown with the government.’
The Guardian, 14th May 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The High Court has confirmed that legal privilege can apply to investigations on the right set of facts, restoring some certainty to a position that has been up for debate since May 2017.’
OUT-LAW.com, 5th February 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Businesses based outside of the UK will have to disclose details about their ultimate owners when buying property in the country, under plans to be taken forward by the UK government.’
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd January 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
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