‘The High Court has slapped an extended civil restraint order (ECRO) on a man who claimed the application was an attempt “to legitimise” a law firm’s attempt to defraud him.’
Legal Futures, 19th November 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The TV and radio star Noel Edmonds, who is expected to join ITV’s I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here jungle camp this week, is also likely to fire the starting gun on a £60m lawsuit against Lloyds Bank.’
The Guardian, 19th November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The head of the Crown Prosecution Service in Wales says he wants to see more prosecutions of people who commit crimes against older people.’
BBC News, 19th November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The records of up to 3,000 doctors are being reviewed after it emerged that a woman worked as a NHS consultant psychiatrist for 22 years with fake qualifications before she was convicted of trying to defraud a patient.’
The Guardian, 19th November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The convicted former UBS trader Kweku Adoboli has been arrested and could be deported to Ghana in the next few days, he has said.’
The Guardian, 12th November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An experienced solicitor has been struck off after being convicted of fraudulently claiming housing benefit when she had savings that made her ineligible.’
Legal Futures, 7th November 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Britain’s criminal justice system is “creaking” and unable to cope with the huge amounts of data being generated by technology, the head of the Crown Prosecution Service has warned in her final interview before stepping down.’
The Guardian, 27th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A cot designer has been jailed for more than three years after a baby boy died in a bed he made.’
The Guardian, 26th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A designer has admitted a health and safety failing after a seven-month-old baby “choked to death” in a cot bed.’
BBC News, 24th October 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Large-scale civil litigation is one of the developing contours of data protection law. Last week’s judgment in Lloyd v Google – a novel representative action based on allegedly unlawful processing activities – is one illustration. When it comes to group litigation on the back of a data breach, our best illustration thus far is the groundbreaking group action against Morrisons.’
Panopticon, 22nd October 2018
Source: panopticonblog.com
‘Morrisons has lost its challenge to a High Court ruling that it is liable for a data breach that saw thousands of its employees’ details posted online.’
BBC News, 22nd October 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The name of someone receiving a payment will be as important as their banking details for the first time from next summer, in an attempt to combat fraud.’
BBC News, 18th October 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The majority of those tricked in “rom-cons” after meeting people on dating sites lost more than £2,000, research by Barclays suggests.’
BBC News, 17th October 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The High Court has upheld the UK’s first unexplained wealth order (UWO), dismissing a legal challenge to the order obtained by the National Crime Agency (NCA) earlier this year.’
OUT-LAW.com, 16th October 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A man who conned his wife and her family into believing he had terminal cancer took £2,000 from his mother-in-law before his lie was exposed.’
The Guardian, 15th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The convicted former UBS trader Kweku Adoboli is to be released from detention at an immigration removal centre near Heathrow while he awaits a judicial review of his deportation.’
The Guardian, 9th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘More than a thousand carers face being prosecuted for fraud as the government attempts to claw back overpayments to people who have been looking after sick and elderly relatives from the poorest communities, the Guardian has been told.’
The Guardian, 7th October 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
‘Six men have been jailed over a £17m fraud involving selling solar panels to elderly, retired and vulnerable people.’
BBC News, 2nd October 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Small law firms are increasingly being targeted by cyber-criminals, but very few attacks are actually succeeding, new research has found.’
Legal Futures, 2nd October 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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