Regina v Kenning Regina v Blackshaw Regina v Fenwick
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“An agreement to aid and abet an offence did not constitute a criminal conspiracy.”
The Times, 10th July 2008
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R v Kenning; R v Blackshaw; R v Fenwick; [2008] WLR (D) 212
“An agreement to aid and abet an offence was not capable of constituting a criminal conspiracy.”
WLR Daily, 26th June 2008
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“A company boss who swindled the Ministry of Defence (MoD) out of nearly £425,000 has been jailed for three and a half years.”
BBC News, 30th April 2008
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“A woman who lured a faith healer back to Luton, where he was later murdered, has been jailed for two years.”
BBC News, 24th April 2008
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“Four men serving at least 40 years behind bars for planning the failed 21 July London suicide bombings failed today in a Court of Appeal bid to challenge their convictions.”
The Independent, 23rd April 2008
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“The government today failed to extend a four-and-a-half-year jail sentence for a dentist from east London who plotted terrorist activities overseas.”
The Guardian, 22nd April 2008
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“A gang that cheated thousands of people in a £6m holiday scam have been jailed for up to seven years each.”
BBC News, 17th April 2008
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“Four men and a woman have been convicted of a £10m plot to kidnap a businessman by seducing him.”
BBC News, 28th March 2008
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Revenue and Customs Comrs v Total Network SL [2008] UKHL 19; WLR (D) 80
“No intention that the Revenue and Customs Commissioners should be barred from recovering damages for conspiracy in the form of a carousel fraud was to be attributed to the legislature in the enactment of the scheme in the Value Added Tax Act 1994. Criminal conduct could constitute unlawful means and be actionable as conspiracy whether or not it would be separately actionable if committed by an individual.”
WLR Daily, 12th March 2008
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Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Total Network SL
House of Lords
“Nothing in the Value Added Tax 1994 prevented the Revenue and Customs Commissioners from recovering damages for conspiracy against a participant in a carousel fraud; criminal conduct was actionable as conspiracy whether or not it would be actionable as a separate tort if committed by an individual.”
The Times, 13th March 2008
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“A legal wrangle has broken out over an interview with Simon Mann, the Old Etonian and former SAS officer who is in prison in Equatorial Guinea on charges of plotting a coup in the oil-rich African country.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th March 2008
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“The July 21 bombers will appeal against their life sentence today having been found guilty for conspiracy to murder.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th March 2008
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“Two brothers have been jailed for falsely claiming more than £220,000 in housing and council tax benefits.”
BBC News, 3rd March 2008
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“A sixth man charged over a plot to kidnap and kill a British soldier and supply equipment to terrorists in Pakistan was today found not guilty at Leicester crown court.”
The Guardian, 18th February 2008
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“A jury convicted a man today in the case of a plot to kidnap and kill a British Muslim soldier and supply terrorists in Pakistan with equipment.”
The Times, 15th February 2008
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“Six years of fighting for justice left Lotfi Raissi an emotional and physical wreck and his marriage close to ruin. But yesterday, the Algerian pilot falsely accused of training the September 11 terrorists heard, finally, that he was ‘completely exonerated’ of any part in the attacks on the twin towers.”
The Times, 15th February 2008
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“A landmark case collapsed in unprecedented fashion today as the House of Lords refused to continue hearing a claim brought by Equatorial Guinea against the alleged plotters of a failed coup because it will not allow one of the defendants to meet with his lawyers.”
The Times, 7th February 2008
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“In a dramatic opening to a landmark case, the barrister of alleged plotter Simon Mann confirmed he is in prison in West Africa.”
The Times, 4th February 2008
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“Six SAS soldiers have become the first members of the regiment to be charged with embezzling army funds, it was revealed last night.”
The Times, 14th December 2007
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“The ‘reluctant’ fifth bomber in the failed July 21 suicide attacks on London was jailed yesterday for 33 years.”
The Guardian, 21st November 2007
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