‘Court hears how Charmaine Wilson tricked Liam Griffiths into believing drunken one-night stand led to the birth of a baby boy’
Daily Telegraph, 1st December 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Home Office will have more time to investigate suspected sham marriages.’
Home Office, 25th November 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘It has been announced today [24 November] by Minister for Security and Immigration James Brokenshire that Part 4 of the Immigration Act 2014 is to be brought into full effect on 2 March 2015. This amends the procedure for marriage and civil partnership for everyone (not just foreign nationals) and creates new powers for duties to report sham marriages and the investigation and preventing of sham marriages.’
Free Movement, 24th November 2014
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
‘A Manchester gang which set up sham weddings between Pakistani grooms and Portuguese brides has been jailed.’
BBC News, 21st November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The former chief executive of JJB Sports has been convicted of accepting more than £1m in backhanders.’
BBC News, 20th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The High Court has set aside an order made against a litigant after it emerged that his solicitor had duped him by conducting “fictitious” litigation that included faked judgments and telephone conferences involving the impersonation of his senior partner and of leading counsel.’
Legal Futures, 20th November 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Jessica Craigs, senior solicitor of Mills & Reeve LLP analyses the financial remedies and divorce news and cases published by Family Law Week during October.’
Family Law Week, 14th November 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A woman who arranged sham marriages in Wales to help non-EU nationals obtain visas has been jailed for two years and nine months.’
BBC News, 17th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman who claimed she was too ill to walk, yet was filmed surfing in Australia and swimming with dolphins, has been jailed for benefit fraud.’
BBC News, 14th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Maserati-driving doctor who lied about his salary to dodge paying £185,000 in tax and live a luxury lifestyle has been jailed for 18 months. Dr Michael Summer, 46, earned more than £750,000 yet paid tax and national insurance on only half that amount.’
Daily Telegraph, 13th November 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Barclays could face a huge new penalty for rigging currency markets after pulling out at the 11th hour from the settlement talks that led to £2.6bn of fines being slapped on six other big players in the currency markets. Barclays will not be eligible for the 30% discount on the fines handed to its rivals in exchange for settling early after its surprise move not to participate in the settlement with US and UK regulators. The bank, which was the first to be fined for rigging Libor in 2012, is reported not to have agreed to the settlement with the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority and the US commodity futures trading commission because of continuing talks with another US regulator.’
The Guardian, 13th November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A former Mr Wales who falsely claimed £28,332 in disability benefits whilst competing in bodybuilding contests has been jailed for six months.’
BBC News, 3rd November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Intelligence Services Commissioner, Sir Mark Waller, gives Law In Action his first broadcast interview.
Sir Mark, a retired judge, is charged with judicial oversight of, among other organisations, MI5, MI6 and GCHQ.’
BBC Law in Action,
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A purchaser of a property could not grant equitable rights of a proprietary character prior to acquisition of the legal estate.’
WLR Daily, 22nd October 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Judge Peter Ross criticises the Border Force for failing to follow up information which suggested Milton Keynes-based firm was operating an immigration scam.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th October 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Millions of Britons could be unable to vote in future elections as a consequence of the Government’s crackdown on electoral fraud.’
The Independent, 27th October 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A husband who swindled his brother out of a share of a £1.5m inheritance after his parents died has been jailed for four years and four months.’
The Guardian, 24th October 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is to launch a full review of its procedures after a judge halted a case in which a vicar who was alleged to have operated a “conveyor belt” of sham marriages claimed that immigration officers concealed evidence and lied under oath.’
The Independent, 23rd October 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Insurance Bill may alter centuries old law on disclosure by commercial policyholders, warranties & remedies for fraud & place more emphasis on active underwriting, says James Deacon.’
New Law Journal, 23rd October 2014
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
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