‘A man who sued Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council for £10,000, claiming he was injured after tripping in a hole in the payment, has been found guilty of contempt of court and jailed for four months.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th September 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Students hoping to secure places in higher education or with employers will want to put their best foot forward with a sheaf of hard-won qualifications. But fake certificates sold online are an increasing problem. Now the body representing the main UK examination boards, the Joint Council for Qualifications or JCQ, has won an important court victory against the fraudsters, sending a strong message to others making money from this illicit trade.’
Technology Law Update, 27th September 2017
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
‘A woman who claimed £65,000 in disability benefit over 21 years but spent holidays scuba diving and riding quad bikes has been sentenced to 18 months in prison, suspended for two years today (25 September).’
Crown Prosecution Service, 25th September 2017
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Charity regulators are cracking down on fundrasing scammers after concerns that fraudsters had used tragedies such as Grenfell Tower and terror attacks to dupe donors.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th September 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A benefits cheat caught out by holiday photos showing her snorkelling has been given an 18-month suspended jail term.’
BBC News, 25th September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Speech from Alison Saunders, DPP, on developments in technology and society, and addressing terrorism, fraud and mental health issues.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 5th September 2017
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A fashion designer who duped investors into buying fake tickets to the Oscars, telling one couple they would sit on Julia Roberts’ table, has been jailed.’
BBC News, 19th September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘G4S faces an investigation over allegations it has been overcharging the Home Office to run a scandal-hit immigration detention centre where migrants have been abused and humiliated.’
The Independent, 15th September 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A judge has attacked the Department for Work and Pensions for failing to tackle benefits cheats and said he thinks they should be forced to pay back money sooner.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th September 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Nine members of a traveller family who kept workers in squalid conditions in caravans have been jailed for modern day slavery offences.’
BBC News, 12th September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Cotswold art dealer who stole nearly £500,000 worth of artworks, including paintings by the Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood, from clients, has been jailed for four years.’
The Independent, 13th September 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A priest who denied stealing a dead parishioner’s blue badge so he could park for free said he was telling the “gospel truth.” Father Bill Haymaker, accompanied to Hove Crown Court by his official clerical dog The Venerable Mr Piddles, was found guilty of stealing the badge from woman who had died two months before and then using it in his own car.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th september 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Speech from Alison Saunders, DPP, on developments in technology and society, and addressing terrorism, fraud and mental health issues.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 5th September 2017
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A former MP is to sue the Metropolitan police over their handling of the investigation into historical child sex abuse allegations against him. Harvey Proctor was cleared by the Met in 2016 after the collapse of Operation Midland, the £2.5m investigation into accusations of a paedophile ring operating in Westminster.’
The Guardian, 7th September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Solicitor General discusses preventing and controlling economic crime in the modern world.’
Attorney General’s Office, 4th September 2017
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
‘An individual has successfully applied for continuation of a freezing order, after being able to show that there was a real risk that money held in another’s account would be dissipated if the order was not continued.’
OUT-LAW.com, 1st September 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A firm responsible for pressuring people into making holiday sickness claims had its licence cancelled by the Claims Management Regulator (CMR) last week.’
Legal Futures, 29th August 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Law Society has failed in its bid to strike out a negligence claim by a law firm that was the victim of a fraud after the details of another firm it had checked on the society’s online “Find a Solicitor” (FAS) facility turned out to be false.’
Legal Futures, 29th August 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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