“Court of Appeal issues a judgment on sentences for the most serious commercial frauds and increases the sentences of two men.”
Attorney General’s Office, 16th May 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
“Achilleas Kallakis, a conman who received a seven-year jail sentence in January, will spend a further four years behind bars after a British government lawyer called on senior judges for a tougher sentence.”
The Guardian, 16th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Restrictions on postal voting and identity checks at polling stations may be needed to help crack down on fraud, the elections watchdog has said.”
BBC News, 14th May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An Old Bailey judge sentenced Jim McCormick, 57, to 10 years in jail on Thursday for a fraud he described as the worst he could imagine and ‘a callous confidence trick.’ ”
The Guardian, 2nd May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A clerk who stole money from a firm to fund a lavish wedding and breast surgery for his wife has been jailed.”
BBC News, 1st May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The first UK trial concerning the alleged fraudulent manipulation of Libor rates has been delayed until next year after Barclays won the right to challenge aspects of the high court case.”
The Guardian, 29th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman who won £95,000 on the TV show Deal or No Deal has been ordered to carry
out 215 hours of unpaid work after admitting benefit fraud.”
BBC News, 29th April 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman who admitted impersonating a murdered former oil company worker has been given a community order.”
BBC News, 26th April 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A horsewoman who appeared in the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee pageant exaggerated
injuries she suffered in a fall to try to win a big compensation pay-out, a
court heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th April 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) remains open to pursuing civil recovery where appropriate in cases of serious or complex fraud, including bribery and corruption offences, it has confirmed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd April 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“George Osborne has a secret veto over large and potentially politically sensitive fraud investigations, The Independent has learnt.”
The Independent, 23rd April 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A businessman has been found guilty of a multimillion-pound fraud involving the sale of fake bomb detectors to Iraq and around the world.”
The Guardian, 23rd April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“It seems that the courts – and in particular Central London Court – are taking an increasingly intolerant approach to fraudulent and exaggerated claims, and are visiting the consequences of such claims on the solicitors, as well as the unsuccessful claimant.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 18th April 2013
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
“The conveyancing profession has always had to walk a difficult line in carrying out its day-to-day activities in property transactions. Not only are conveyancers required to be expert in all aspects of property related law, but they have a duty of care to everyone in the transaction (or so it seems). It can easily be the case that, despite a firm’s intentions to act in their client’s best interests, under outcomes-focused regulation, they can still be held liable for issues that arise. This responsibility, coupled with increasing regulation and compliance requirements, downward pressure on fees and on-going problems with access to lender panels, makes the conveyancing landscape more than a little challenging.”
New Law Journal, 18th April 2013
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
“The permanent damage that internet publications can inflict is very much the focus of Tugendhat J’s assessment of damages in this case, encapsulated in the memorable description he quoted in an earlier judgment: ‘what is to be found on the internet may become like a tattoo’.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 21st April 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“An unresolved issue that has received little attention is whether a solicitor’s conduct could be attributed to his client as contributory negligence by that client in a claim brought against a different professional. If a claimant sues professional A for losses to which professional B also contributed, the normal course of events is for professional A to make a contribution claim against professional B. Professional A does not usually seek to attribute professional B’s conduct to the claimant in order to raise the defence of contributory negligence against the claimant. But it is easy to imagine circumstances in which the latter course would be attractive to professional A if available, for example if professional B is a man of straw whose insurers repudiate liability.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 2nd April 2013
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
“A couple who carried out a fraudulent insurance scheme worth £900,000 used the money to put one of their children through a top public school.”
Daily Telegraph,
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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“A self-styled Italian lawyer has been found guilty of tricking people into
thinking he was a bona fide legal professional.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th March 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Ian James Dickinson has today been sentenced to five years at Chelmsford Crown Court for a fraudulent foreign exchange investment scheme. Over nearly five years, Dickinson defrauded investors of around £3 million.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 26th March 2013
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
“A bankrupt stockbroker who defrauded millions of pounds from some of Britain’s shrewdest business people was today ordered to pay a nominal £1 fee.”
The Independent, 25th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
