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Holmcroft: Skilled person not amenable to judicial review – Henderson Chambers

Posted March 22nd, 2016 in banking, financial regulation, fraud, judicial review, negligence, news by sally

‘On 24 February 2016, in R (Holmcroft Properties Limited) -v- KPMG LLP and others, the Divisional Court dismissed Holmcroft’s judicial review challenge to the skilled person’s role in a mis-selling redress scheme. The skilled person, KPMG, had approved Barclays’ rejection of Holmcroft’s claims for consequential losses it claimed to have suffered as a result of the mis-sale. The court found that the skilled person was not amenable to judicial review and that, in any event, it had acted fairly.’

Henderson Chambers, 3rd March 2016

Source: www.hendersonchambers.co.uk

Court of Appeal case: Gentry v Miller & UKI [2016] EWCA Civ 141 – Park Square Barristers

Posted March 22nd, 2016 in appeals, default judgments, delay, fraud, insurance, news by sally

‘This Claim concerns an alleged road traffic accident on 17th March 2013 when UKI’s insured, Mr Miller, is alleged to have negligently driven into Mr Gentry causing him personal injuries and losses. UKI received no co-operation from Mr Miller, but in February 2014 discovered that he knows Mr Gentry. This then formed the basis of an allegation of a fraudulent collusion and the desire for UKI to put and argue this allegation of fraud at Trial.’

Park Square Barristers, 14th March 2016

Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk

Met Police decision to drop Tower Hamlets electoral fraud investigation branded ‘utter disgrace’ – Daily Telegraph

Posted March 17th, 2016 in corruption, elections, evidence, fraud, local government, London, news, police by tracey

‘Scotland Yard has dropped its investigation into electoral fraud in Tower Hamlets after finding “insufficient evidence that criminal offences had been committed”. Detectives launched the probe after Lutfur Rahman, the borough’s former mayor, was found guilty of corrupt and illegal practices by a judge following a High Court hearing.’

Daily Telegraph, 17th March 2016

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Council to share intelligence after discovery of £1.4m housing benefit fraud – Local Government Lawyer

Posted March 15th, 2016 in benefits, conspiracy, documents, fraud, HM Revenue & Customs, housing, local government, news, social security by sally

‘The London Borough of Redbridge is to share information and intelligence with other councils and HM Revenue and Customs, after three people were found guilty of a £1.4m housing benefit fraud.’

Local Government Lawyer, 15th March 2016

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Barrister who lied to secure pupillage disbarred – Legal Futures

Posted March 14th, 2016 in barristers, conspiracy, fraud, licensing, news, possession of false identity documents, pupillage by sally

‘A barrister who gained a pupillage by lying about her age, faking references and falsely claiming she had been an assistant district attorney in New York has been disbarred.’

Legal Futures, 14th March 2016

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Court of Appeal teaches insurer “harsh” lesson on relief from sanctions – Litigation Futures

Posted March 11th, 2016 in appeals, default judgments, delay, fraud, insurance, news, sanctions by tracey

‘An insurance company which was dilatory in dealing with a personal injury claim and only alleged fraud after default judgment had been entered has been refused relief from sanctions by the Court of Appeal in a decision it acknowledged may seem “harsh”.’

Litigation Futures, 10th March 2016

Source: www.litigationfutures.com

Jailed Libor trader blocked from supreme court appeal – The Guardian

Posted March 10th, 2016 in appeals, banking, conspiracy, crime, fraud, interest, news, Supreme Court by sally

‘Tom Hayes, a former UBS and Citigroup trader serving an 11-year jail sentence for conspiring to rig Libor global interest rates, has been blocked from appealing to the supreme court against his conviction.’

The Guardian, 8th March 2016

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Pair jailed for dumping body of Italian former art thief in London canal – The Guardian

Posted March 9th, 2016 in conspiracy, fraud, guilty pleas, news, preventing lawful & decent burial, sentencing by tracey

‘Three men involved in dumping the body of a man in a canal and emptying his bank account have been jailed.’

The Guardian, 8th March 2016

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Fraudulent credit hire claim leads to successful tort of deceit claim for costs of investigating such credit hire & exemplary damages – Park Square Barristers

Posted February 24th, 2016 in damages, deceit, fraud, insurance, news, personal injuries, road traffic by sally

‘Judy Dawson discusses how a combination of a quick witted insurer claims handler, a tenacious solicitor, and the expertise of the Park Square Barristers Civil Fraud Team led to a successful result against a fraudulent Claimant.’

Park Square Barristers, 2nd February 2016

Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk

High Court: contempt of court could form basis of ‘unlawful means’ damages action – OUT-LAW.com

Posted February 24th, 2016 in contempt of court, fraud, freezing injunctions, news, unlawful means conspiracy by sally

‘Failing to comply with a freezing order in contempt of court could be considered “unlawful means” as part of an action for damages for conspiracy to injure by unlawful means, the High Court has ruled.’

OUT-LAW.com, 23rd February 2016

Source: www.out-law.com

One man’s loss is another man’s gain: choice of law rules for unjust enrichment claims – Commercial Disputes Blog

Posted February 22nd, 2016 in arbitration, conflict of laws, damages, EC law, fraud, news, restitution by sally

‘In a recent case, the English Commercial Court has determined that a claim in restitution based on unjust enrichment was governed by English law pursuant to EU Regulation 864/2007 (Rome II) and not the law of Geneva.’

Commercial Disputes Blog, 19th February 2016

Source: www.rpc.co.uk

Wyverstone weapons haul: Firearms dealer Anthony Buckland jailed – BBC News

Posted February 22nd, 2016 in firearms, fraud, news, sentencing by sally

‘An arms dealer who supplied some of the firearms that made up the UK’s biggest stash of illegal weapons has been jailed for six years.’

BBC News, 19th February 2016

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘Reputational damage’ fears discouraging corporate fraud investigations, expert warns – OUT-LAW.com

Posted February 18th, 2016 in company law, enforcement, fraud, news by sally

‘Corporate victims of fraud will send a “convincing message about their values” to investors and customers if they set aside their fears of reputational damage in order to publicly investigate and deal with the discovery, an expert has said.’

OUT-LAW.com, 17th February 2016

Source: www.out-law.com

Ex-golf club captain vanishes from court before he is sentenced for £300k VAT fraud – Daily Telegraph

Posted February 18th, 2016 in fraud, fugitive offenders, news, sentencing, warrants by sally

‘Arrest warrant issued for businessman James Turner, who disappeared from Nottingham Crown Court after telling family he was popping to canteen.’

Daily Telegraph, 16th February 2016

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Pursuing damages for bribery in the civil courts – OUT-LAW.com

Posted February 17th, 2016 in bribery, civil justice, damages, disclosure, fiduciary duty, fraud, news, search & seizure, Supreme Court, victims by michael

‘Under the 2010 Bribery Act, bribery is a criminal offence and companies are required to have in place adequate procedures in order to prevent those associated with them from undertaking bribery. Adequate procedures provide the company with a defence to the criminal offences set out in the Act. However, what is often overlooked is the ability of the company to pursue both the recipient of the bribe as well as the briber for its financial losses and, in some cases, damages for fraud.’

OUT-LAW.com, 16 February 2016

Source: www.out-law.com

City lawyers concerned about change to SFO – The Independent

Posted February 16th, 2016 in fraud, legal profession, national crime agency, news, Serious Fraud Office by sally

‘Senior City lawyers are railing against plans to subsume the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) into the National Crime Agency (NCA), amid fears of yet more disruption to the prosecution of white-collar crime.’

The Independent, 16th February 2016

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Theresa May to announce task force to crack down on ‘most wanted’ fraud suspects – The Independent

Posted February 10th, 2016 in banking, fraud, news, police by sally

‘Britain’s 10 most wanted suspected financial fraudsters will be identified as part of a crackdown by banks and police announced by Theresa May.’

The Independent, 10th February 2016

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Libor trial: It was the prosecution that couldn’t go wrong… until it did – The Independent

Posted February 10th, 2016 in banking, fraud, interest, news, prosecutions, trials by sally

‘By day four of the trial, one of the jurors had fallen asleep. Liam Vaughan reports on how the Serious Fraud Office’s case against six City brokers accused of conspiring with Tom Hayes came to grief amid a welter of jargon and inconsistencies.’

The Independent, 10th November 2016

Source: www.independent.co.uk

High Court ruling outlines extraordinary scale of allegations against Blavo & Co – Legal Futures

Posted February 3rd, 2016 in disclosure, fraud, law firms, legal aid, mental health, news, statistics by sally

‘A High Court judge has said there is a “strongly arguable case” that collapsed firm Blavo & Co, formerly the UK’s leading mental health practice, made “many thousands” of false legal aid claims.’

Legal Futures, 2nd February 2016

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

‘Cash for crash’: 81 sentenced in fake car accidents scam – The Guardian

Posted January 29th, 2016 in accidents, closed circuit television, compensation, fraud, inquiries, insurance, news by tracey

‘Garage in south Wales faked accidents in its yards so that bogus insurance and compensation claims totalling £750,000 could be made.’

The Guardian, 29th January 2016

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

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