‘A conman who posed as an antiques dealer from a Chelsea auction house to dupe elderly and vulnerable victims out of hundreds of thousands of pounds has been jailed for five-and-a-half years.’
The Independent, 31st March 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Subpostmasters who helped uncover the Post Office IT scandal but missed out on full compensation are to get payouts under a new government scheme.’
BBC News, 22nd March 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The government is to introduce its long-awaited Online Safety Bill in Parliament on Thursday.’
BBC News, 17th March 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Three family members who stole almost £150,000 from a vulnerable relative to fund lavish holidays have been jailed.’
BBC News, 14th March 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The recent decision of the Supreme Court in Craig v HM Advocate (for the Government of the United States of America) affirms the core constitutional expectation that the executive will comply with declaratory orders. On its face, this appears to be quite unassuming. Yet it raises fundamental issues of inter-institutional comity and the importance of constitutional guardrails and safeguards.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 10th March 2022
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘The UK faces making a potentially hefty payment to the EU after its top court ruled it did too little to prevent fraud on imports of Chinese clothing.’
BBC News, 8th March 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Measures to protect people from internet scams will now be included in proposed online safety laws, the government has said.’
The Guardian, 8th March 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The High Court upheld an application made by the liquidator of JD Group Ltd (“the company”) claiming that Deepak Bhatia, the company director, was engaged in fraudulent trading owing to knowledge that the company was associated with VAT fraud. Judge Agnello QC found that the manner in which the respective transactions were carried out provided clear evidence of this knowledge and that Bhatia’s conduct was dishonest in accordance with the objective standards of ordinary decent people.’
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd March 2022
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘An attempt by a Kazakh mining giant to sue a British journalist for allegedly claiming it ordered the murders of three men has been thrown out by a judge.’
The Guardian, 2nd March 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Two traders jailed for rigging interest rates were the original whistleblowers of the scandal, the BBC has learned.’
BBC News, 1st March 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘New rules to help the courts trace cryptoassets overseas are being drawn up to deal with the increasing volume of litigation in this area, the master of the rolls revealed yesterday. “In the world of crypto fraud, there are no national barriers and unlawfully obtained cryptoassets can be difficult to trace,” Sir Geoffrey Vos told an audience of lawtech specialists in London.’
Law Society's Gazette, 25th February 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A subcontractor has been jailed for 18 months for submitting bogus invoices worth £36,000 to a company building sets at a Welsh TV and film studio.’
The Independent, 28th February 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People (GMCDP) and non-profit legal group Foxglove have sent the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) a letter before action over its use of a computer algorithm when deciding on who should be investigated for fraud.’
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd February 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘In this post, Jessica Eaton, an associate in the litigation team at CMS, comments on the Supreme Court’s decision in the Bloomberg LP v ZXC [2022] UKSC 5, case which cojeet_lthumbncerned the right to privacy in the context of a criminal investigation.’
UKSC Blog, 25th February 2022
Source: ukscblog.com
‘The appellant is a British citizen living in Scotland. In May 2017, the US Government made a request for his extradition to the US, where he is accused of committing an offence relating to securities fraud.’
UKSC Blog, 24th February 2022
Source: ukscblog.com
‘The Post Office and the government need to speed up compensation payments to workers who were victims of the Horizon IT scandal, according to a report by an influential group of MPs.’
The Guardian, 17th February 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Former Post Office workers who were among those wrongfully convicted for theft, fraud and false accounting have called for the company’s former management to go to jail for their part in the long-running scandal.’
The Guardian, 15th February 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The wrongful convictions of hundreds of sub-postmasters and mistresses will be examined by a public inquiry starting on Monday.’
BBC News, 14th February 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A “charming” fraudster who conned a millionaire he met on Tinder into handing him almost £150,000 has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.’
The Guardian, 10th February 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Online Safety Bill strengthened with new list of criminal content for tech firms to remove as a priority.’
Home Office, 4th February 2022
Source: www.gov.uk
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