Category: fraud

First use of power to strike out following Summers v Fairclough – Hardwicke Chambers

Posted February 8th, 2013 in abuse of process, fraud, news, personal injuries, striking out by sally

“The decision is of significance, because it is the first strike out of a fraudulent/exaggerated claim following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Summers v Fairclough Homes Limited [2012] 1 WLR 2004. Summers is authority for the proposition that under CPR 3.4(2) the court has power to strike out a statement of case on the ground that it is an abuse of process at any stage in the proceedings, including – but in very exceptional circumstances – at the end of a trial.”

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Hardwicke Chambers, 31st February 2013

Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk

A new approach: access to justice in criminal cases – LegalVoice

Posted February 6th, 2013 in alternative business structures, budgets, criminal justice, fraud, legal aid, legal representation, loans, news by sally

“Anyone concerned over the need to check the power of the police and prosecution authorities by providing a counter-balance holding these state funded entities to account may find this paper helpful, writes Robin Murray. It is a proposal to save millions of pounds of tax-payers’ money whilst at the same time preserving independent access to justice, an essential pre-requisite to prevent abuse and injustice to which anyone of us, high or low can become a victim.”

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LegalVoice, 5th February 2013

Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk

Farmer who claimed £100,000 in disability benefits caught herding cattle – Daily Telegraph

Posted February 5th, 2013 in benefits, disabled persons, fraud, news, sentencing by sally

“David Millward, 55, was secretly filmed by the Department of Work and Pensions carrying bags of animal feed around the field he rented off Stafford Road, Coven, Staffs, despite claiming he could only walk 10 metres unaided.Millward admitted fraudulently claiming £75,532 in income support and £24,692 in disability living allowance earlier this month after making an application for disability benefits in 2003.He was sentenced to 18 months in prison at Wolverhampton Crown Court today.”

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Daily Telegraph, 5th February 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Fraud reporting change criticised – BBC News

Posted February 4th, 2013 in fraud, news, police, victims by sally

“Victims of fraud across the UK will be told to contact the Home Office agency Action Fraud rather than their local force from 1 April. The government says this will create a central record which can then be used to combat the most serious criminals.The police will only respond to fraud directly if an immediate response is needed via a 999 call.Critics of the new system say this means only major fraud cases will now be investigated.”

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BBC News, 2nd February 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

A balanced approach to the challenges of economic crime – Attorney General’s Office

Posted January 25th, 2013 in banking, deferred prosecution agreements, financial regulation, fraud, interest, prosecutions, speeches by sally

“Attorney General, Dominic Grieve QC MP outlined steps taken to prosecute economic crime at the Cityforum round table. Originally given at City of London Guildhall. This is the text of the speech as drafted, which may differ slightly from the delivered version.”

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Attorney General’s Office, 21st January 2013

Source: www.gov.uk/ago

CPS launches crackdown on middle-class tax evaders – The Independent

Posted January 22nd, 2013 in Crown Prosecution Service, fraud, news, prosecutions, tax evasion by sally

“Thousands of tax cheats – including those with no previous criminal convictions – face being prosecuted and jailed as part of a crack-down on evasion to be launched by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).”

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The Independent, 22nd January 2012

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Patel v General Medical Council – WLR Daily

Posted January 18th, 2013 in conspiracy, doctors, fraud, law reports, proportionality, public interest by sally

Patel v General Medical Council: [2012] EWHC 3688 (Admin); [2013] WLR (D) 12

“When considering an application under section 41(A) of the Medical Act 1983 to terminate an 18 months’ suspension order imposed by an Interim Orders Panel, the court was required to give the panel’s decision such weight as in the circumstances of the case it thought fit but was entitled to examine the panel’s reasons with some rigour.”

WLR Daily, 20th December 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Property fraudsters sent to jail for up to seven years – BBC News

Posted January 18th, 2013 in banking, forgery, fraud, loans, news, sentencing by sally

“Two men from London have been sent to jail after being found guilty of
defrauding two banks, Allied Irish Banks and Bank of Scotland, of £61.”

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BBC News, 17th January 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Welcome relief? Nationwide v Davisons Solicitors and section 61 of Trustee Act 1925 – Hardwicke Chambers

Posted January 17th, 2013 in fraud, insurance, mortgages, news, trusts by sally

“A topical debate is the extent to which solicitors acting for mortgage lenders (or more precisely, their professional indemnity insurers) should bear the consequences of mortgage fraud.”

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Hardwicke Chambers, 10th January 2013

Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk

Confidence trickster who defrauded banks out of £750m faces jail – The Guardian

Posted January 17th, 2013 in banking, fraud, mortgages, news, recidivists, sentencing by sally

“Britain’s most successful serial confidence trickster, Achilleas Kallakis, faces up to 10 years in jail after being found guilty of duping banks out of more than £750m.”

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The Guardian, 16th January 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Driving licence law change ‘to halt illegal trade’ – BBC News

Posted January 16th, 2013 in driving licences, fraud, news by sally

“Laws on obtaining UK driving licences are to be changed after BBC London revealed a loophole was facilitating an illegal trade in the documents.”

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BBC News, 15th January 2013

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Daughter who stole £160,000 to impress father ‘blames herself for his death’ – Daily Telegraph

Posted January 14th, 2013 in assets recovery, fraud, news, proceeds of crime, sentencing, suspended sentences, theft by sally

“A company executive who led a Walter Mitty existence by stealing £160,000 to fund a luxury lifestyle and impress her millionaire father escaped jail after a judge heard she blamed herself for her father’s death.”

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Daily Telegraph, 13th January 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Fatal helicopter flight instructor Ian King found guilty – BBC News

Posted January 10th, 2013 in aircraft, fraud, news, teachers by sally

“A flying instructor whose student died in a helicopter crash has been found guilty of lying to get him a licence.”

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BBC News, 9th January 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Conman jailed after admitting he lied as easily as he breathed’ – Daily Telegraph

Posted December 20th, 2012 in fraud, news, sentencing by sally

“A trickster who posed as a Goldman Sachs billionaire told his victim: ‘I lie as easily as I breathe,’ the woman said yesterday.”

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Daily Telegraph, 20th December 2012

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Former Labour MP Margaret Moran escapes jail and criminal conviction despite fiddling £53,000 of expenses from taxpayer – The Independent

Posted December 14th, 2012 in expenses, fraud, news, parliament, sentencing by sally

“The former Labour MP, Margaret Moran, has been given a two-year supervision and treatment order for fiddling her expenses in order to gain £53,000 she was not entitled to.”

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The Independent, 14th December 2012

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Two sentenced in first ever ‘land banking’ fraud trial – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted December 6th, 2012 in fraud, news, sale of land, sentencing by sally

“Two sentenced in first ever ‘land banking’ fraud trial Two men have today been sentenced at Isleworth Crown Court in what is thought to be the first ever trial for ‘land banking’ fraud. Omar Eshpari and Stefan Mitchell secured at least £3m from their victims between April 2008 and October 2009.”

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Crown Prosecution Service, 6th December 2012

Source: http://blog.cps.gov.uk

Premier Models wins legal action against rogue booker – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 30th, 2012 in abuse of position of trust, costs, damages, fraud, news by sally

“Premier Model Management Ltd, the former agency of Naomi Campbell, has today won its High Court legal action against male model turned booker John Bruce.”

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Daily Telegraph, 29th November 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Fake biology teacher Julia Rawlinson jailed – BBC News

Posted November 30th, 2012 in forgery, fraud, news, sentencing, teachers by sally

“A ‘pathological liar’ who forged qualifications to get a job as a teacher has been jailed for 18 months.”

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BBC News, 29th November 2012

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Regina v Jaddi – WLR Daily

Posted November 28th, 2012 in appeals, asylum, fraud, law reports, possession of false identity documents by sally

Regina v Jaddi [2012] WLR (D) 347

“Where the questions of whether an asylum seeker had come to the United Kingdom directly from a country where his life had been threatened after staying in Italy for a few days and whether he had made a claim for asylum as soon as reasonably practicable in the United Kingdom had not been fully investigated by immigration control after false identity documents were presented, the defence under section 31 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 should have been made available to him and the facts were for the jury to decide.”

WLR Daily, 22nd November 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Rich crooks net vast legal aid sums – BBC News

Posted November 26th, 2012 in assets recovery, budgets, confiscation, costs, drug offences, fraud, legal aid, news by sally

“Dozens of super-rich criminals – some worth tens of millions – have received vast sums in legal aid despite their illicit fortunes, an investigation has revealed.”

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BBC News, 26th November 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk