‘A fraudster who stole tens of thousands of pounds from the NHS and a Grenfell Tower victim fund has been jailed for five-and-a-half years.’
BBC News, 28th September 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Insufficient oversight by Barnet Council together with inadequate controls allowed a former member of staff to commit a £2m fraud at a joint venture, a report by auditors Grant Thornton has said.’
Local Government Lawyer, 24th September 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A woman who pretended her fake daughter was injured in the Manchester attack to make an insurance claim has been jailed for fraud. Susan Pain, who worked in insurance herself, posed as a dentist and said her daughter “Sophie” had sustained serious injuries needing two operations following the bombing that left 22 people dead last year. But AXA could not trace a victim under the name given in the £2,500 claim for loss of earnings, and alerted the police after uncovering years of false claims by Pain.’
The Independent, 19th September 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The claimant discontinued a claim. The defendants alleged that the claim was dishonest and asked the court to determine the issue of fundamental dishonesty so the defendants could enforce their entitlement to costs.’
Zenith PI Blog, 18th September 2018
Source: zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘A “boiler room” fraud ringleader has been sentenced to a total of 13 years in jail after being found guilty of conspiring with five others to con 170 investors out of £2.8m.’
BBC News, 14th September 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Kweku Adoboli, the former UBS banker jailed for the UK’s biggest ever fraud, will on Monday file for a judicial review of the decision to deport him to Ghana, in a last-ditch attempt to stop his “banishment” from the UK, where he has lived since he was 12.’
The Guardian, 16th September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘There is “no public interest” in allowing a negligent conveyancer to avoid liability when they did not know that their client was actually engaged in mortgage fraud, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 14th September 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A fundraiser has been convicted of two counts of fraud after pocketing cash collected for the young son of murdered soldier Lee Rigby.’
BBC News, 13th September 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A hair transplant conman duped two dementia patients out of their life savings so that he could buy a new £10k hairline.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th September 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Director of the SFO v ENRC [2018] EWCA Civ 2006. Eurasian Natural Resources Corp, the defendant to the Serious Fraud Office’s application to enforce notices seeking to compel the production of documents, has had a chequered history in the last 10 years since it came to the London market (in January 2014 it delisted and went private). In December 2010, a whistleblower alerted the company by email to serious allegations of corruption, fraud and bribery within its group.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 10th September 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A cleaner who stole £53,000-worth of emergency relief intended for the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire has been jailed.’
The Independent, 6th September 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The protective scope of professional privilege received an important boost today when an appeal ruled that in-house advice prepared prior to court proceedings is as protected by privilege as that given in the defence of proceedings. In a much awaited ruling, the President of the Queen’s Bench Division Sir Brian Leveson, Chancellor of the High Court Sir Geoffrey Vos and Lord Justice McCombe this morning backed an appeal over a High Court ruling that a business under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office should turn over materials prepared for an earlier internal investigation.’
Law Society's Gazette, 5th September 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Kweku Adoboli, the former trader who was found guilty of causing a $2.3bn (£1.8bn) financial loss, has been detained by the Home Office as preparations for his deportation to Ghana begin.’
The Guardian, 3rd September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The shadow justice secretary has ripped into the Civil Liability Bill, saying Labour will vote against it as it stands.’
Legal Futures, 4th September 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) will be looking for “clear evidence” that banks have properly investigated claims by customers for compensation in cases of suspected authorised push payment (APP) fraud.’
OUT-LAW.com, 30th August 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A council worker has admitted defrauding around £60,000 from the Grenfell Tower victim fund.’
BBC News, 30th August 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The UK’s Pensions Regulator (TPR) has begun to use a number of enforcement powers for the first time in efforts to deal with issues such as pension scams, scheme valuations and automatic enrolment.’
OUT-LAW.com, 21st August 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A High Court judge has allowed a bus company’s application for committal proceedings to go ahead against two dishonest former claimants who said they had serious whiplash injuries from a minor traffic collision, when CCTV showed otherwise.’
Litigation Futures, 13th August 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘A Guernsey-registered online gambling company can pursue a conspiracy claim against a group of Peruvian-resident customers in the English courts, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 10th August 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Solicitors convicted separately of head-butting another parent at a children’s rugby match and making fraudulent expenses claims to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) have both been struck off.’
Legal Futures, 13th August 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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