‘Lying on an insurance claim should not necessarily invalidate it, the Supreme Court has said, in a judgement likely to affect all household policies.’
BBC News, 20th July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has ruled that a judge was wrong to exclude claimants from parts of their own county court hearing – but concluded their case was still right to be dismissed.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 21st July 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Two people have been convicted of stealing almost £700,000 from the Royal Horticultural Society over the course of a decade.’
The Guardian, 18th July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Former Tory peer accused of submitting false expenses has been formally acquitted after parliament made an unexpected intervention in the case. Lord Hanningfield, who served a jail sentence for expenses fraud in 2011, was accused in Southwark crown court of claiming around £3,300 in House of Lords allowances in July 2013 to which he was not entitled.’
The Guardian, 18th July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Two people say they owned motorbikes which they kept outside their house – until, it is said, the bikes were mown down by the defendant’s car, a collision which their witness claimed to have seen. The car’s insurers said that the claim was fraudulent and it was all a conspiracy. The judge agreed it was a fraud, whereas the Court of Appeal disagreed – but still disallowed the claim because, the CA said, the owners had not proved their case.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 17th July 2016
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Nearly all scam and fraud victims “suffer in silence”, councils say, but the jailing of a lettings agent shows billions of pounds could be saved.
BBC News, 8th July 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Official action to tackle fraud, and public knowledge of the biggest threats, remains patchy a decade on from a government-backed review, according to a new report.’
OUT-LAW.com, 11th July 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Four former Barclays traders were sentenced to as long as 6 1/2 years in prison for manipulating Libor as judges continued meting out tough punishments for white-collar crime.’
The Independent, 7th July 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Fraud victims outside London whose cases are reported to the police have “little chance of any kind of investigation”, an authoritative study has found.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th July 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Three former Barclays traders have been found guilty of conspiring to fraudulently manipulate global benchmark interest rates in a success for the UK’s Serious Fraud Office.’
The Guardian, 4th July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘One in three cases of conveyancing fraud – where victims lose an average of £101,000 – is not even passed on to the police for further investigation, Telegraph Money has learned.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd July 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Four men have been sentenced to a total of 29 years imprisonment for their role in an elaborate tax fraud involving the funding of UK film productions. The defendants dishonestly claimed losses had been made so that income tax could be falsely claimed back from HM Revenue and Customs.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 24th June 2016
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A former senior housing needs officer at Birmingham City Council has been jailed for three years for fraud.’
Local Government Lawyer, 27th June 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal against a decision that cleared two solicitors of “dishonest assistance in a breach of trust”, in this case a mortgage fraud.’
Legal Futures, 23rd June 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A landlord has been sentenced to 17 months in prison suspended for 12 months after she admitted conspiring to defraud a district council.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th June 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A default judgment will not be set aside as a matter of course just because arguable fraud is alleged.’
Zenith PI, 15th June 2016
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘A Department for Education manager who defrauded the Government of more than £1m to buy a luxury flat has been jailed after he was turned in by his mother.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A gang of conmen who used Monopoly money to trick jewellery dealers in a £7m scam have been ordered to go to jail.’
The Guardian, 13th June 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Some county court cases reported in the indispensable ‘Housing: Recent Developments’ in Legal Action for May 2016. Cases involve introductory tenancies, deposits, harassment and illegal eviction.’
Nearly Legal, 12th June 2016
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
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