Swindon romance fraudster Sajad Hussain jailed – BBC News
‘A man who manipulated three women into giving him a total of more than £200,000 has been sentenced to five years and four months in jail.’
BBC News, 8th June 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: fraud
Brothers who beat sex offender, 85, to death jailed for murder – BBC News
‘Two brothers have been jailed for life for murdering a convicted sex offender.’
BBC News, 5th June 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Epping man jailed for leaving fatally injured girlfriend in car – BBC News
‘A driver without a licence who crashed his car and abandoned his fatally injured girlfriend at the scene has been jailed for more than four years.’
BBC News, 3rd June 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Illegal streaming gang jailed for selling cut-price Premier League subscriptions – The Guardian
‘Five members of an illegal streaming gang have been jailed for a total of more than 30 years for offering cheap subscriptions for Premier League games to tens of thousands of customers.’
The Guardian, 30th May 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
Bogus solicitor jailed for posing as lawyer in court case – BBC News
‘A “comprehensively dishonest” man who posed as a solicitor in court despite having no legal qualifications has been jailed for 10 months.’
BBC News, 25th May 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Chris Packham awarded £90,000 damages in libel case – The Guardian
‘Chris Packham said he has been vindicated after a judge found that he had been subjected to an online ideological campaign, accusing him of fraud and dishonesty, before awarding him £90,000 in libel damages.’
The Guardian, 25th May 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
Man jailed for role in running website involved in multi-million-pound fraud – Crown Prosecution Service
‘A man responsible for running a website used by fraudsters across the world has been imprisoned for being involved in a multi-million-pound fraud.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 19th May 2023
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
UK ringleaders jailed over scam providing fake passports for criminals – The Guardian
‘The ringleaders of a gang that specialised in supplying fake passports to high-level criminals allowing them to evade arrest and identification have been jailed.’
The Guardian, 16th May 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘I was denied my right’: voter ID rules a barrier for some in England – The Guardian
‘The introduction of voter ID in England has left a number of people, often from more marginalised groups, unable to cast ballots in local elections – although some officials’ fears of widespread chaos did not materialise.’
The Guardian, 4th May 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
New blueprint to protect public from scammers – Home Office
‘Government launches new strategy to cut fraud, pursue fraudsters and empower the public.’
Home Office, 3rd May 2023
Source: www.gov.uk
Clampdown on cold calls and mass texting technology announced in UK – The Guardian
‘Ministers have announced a clampdown on the use of cold calls to sell financial products and on technology which allows mass texting of numerous phones as part of a strategy to combat fraud, now the UK’s most common crime.’
The Guardian, 2nd May 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
Trial for Chris Packham’s libel claim set to begin – The Independent
‘Environmentalist Chris Packham’s libel trial over denied allegations that he misled the public into donating to a wildlife charity to rescue “broken” tigers from circuses is set to begin at the High Court.’
The Independent, 2nd May 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Fraud and indemnity costs – no presumption; and polemicists beware! – Littleton Chambers
‘In Pisante v Logothetis [2022] EWHC 2575 (Comm), Baker J had to consider whether to make an order for indemnity costs following a successful US$6.5m fraud action.’
Littleton Chambers, 7th March 2023
Source: littletonchambers.com
‘Failure to prevent’ fraud offence to apply in UK to large organisations – OUT-LAW.com
‘A new criminal offence of failing to prevent fraud is to be added to UK law and applied to large businesses and other large organisations.’
OUT-LAW.com, 12th April 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
Wiltshire rogue traders who mocked elderly victims jailed Published 15 hours ago – BBC News
‘Three rogue traders who filmed themselves boasting about overcharging for poor roofing work have been jailed.’
BBC News, 13th April 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
When undue influence and mutual wills collide: Naidoo v Barton [2023] EWHC 500 (Ch) – Gatehouse Chambers
‘Naidoo v Barton [2023] EWHC 500 (Ch) clarifies an important, and hitherto unresolved, issue concerning the doctrine of mutual wills. The court determined that it is the Etridge test for undue influence, applicable to challenging life time transactions, that applies when considering whether or not a mutual wills agreement should be set aside and not the more stringent probate test that generally applies where a will is challenged on the grounds of undue influence.’
Gatehouse Chambers, 12th March 2023
Source: gatehouselaw.co.uk
New ‘failure to prevent’ offence tabled – Law Society’s Gazette
‘A new offence of failure to prevent fraud will be created by an amendment to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill tabled by the government today. Under the measure, an organisation where a fraud has been committed must be able to demonstrate that it had ‘reasonable measures in place to deter the offending’ or be liable to an unlimited fine.’
Law Society's Gazette, 11th April 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
The English courts found to have jurisdiction where an alternative forum was available – Mills & Reeve
‘In a complex piece of litigation in which international fraud is alleged, four defendants contested the jurisdiction of the English courts to hear the claims and the associated insolvency applications. Applying the two-stage test in Spiliada Maritime Corp v Cansulex Ltd [1987], the Court dismissed the applications.’
Mills & Reeve, 3rd April 2023
Source: www.mills-reeve.com
A Summary Assessment of Dishonesty: Gupta v Shah [2023] EWHC 540 (Ch) – Tanfield Chambers
‘The High Court recently handed down judgment in the case of Gupta v Shah [2023] EWHC 540 (Ch), a double-barrelled summary judgment and strike out application in an idiosyncratic international fraud worth $14 million. The case involved extravagant defences of clandestine US-Iranian Commercial dealings, secret caches of US dollar reserves, Chinese State Security, and a systematic theft of funds by major multinational banks.’
Tanfield Chambers, 28th March 2023
Source: www.tanfieldchambers.co.uk
Stephanie Jones jailed for 2 Wish Upon A Star fraud – BBC News
‘A fraudster who made up a fake counsellor to con a bereavement charity has been jailed for a year.’
BBC News, 23rd March 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
