“Former miners’ leader Arthur Scargill has been awarded £13,000 in damages after he sued a trust fund of the union he led for 20 years. Mr Scargill, 74, sued the National Union of Mineworkers Yorkshire Area Trust Fund (YATF) over a range of expenses he claimed he was owed when he worked for them in a £26,000-a-year role after he retired as NUM national president.”
The Independent, 21st February 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“October last year saw the decision of the Court of Appeal in litigation arising from the administrations of Nortel and Lehman Brothers (Re Nortel GMBH [2011] EWCA Civ 1124). The case concerned the treatment of contribution notices from the Pensions Regulator by the administrators. However, for those who ventured beyond mention of the Pensions Regulator, the decision contains a useful review of the law pertaining to whether liabilities fall as provable debts or expenses of the insolvency process.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 8th February 2012
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“Judge to decide on whether former Labour MP accused of falsely claiming £80,000 expenses should face trial.”
The Guardian, 15th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Three former Labour MPs who were jailed for fiddling their expenses have been ordered to pay back a total of £125,000 – less than half of the money spent on their court cases.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Disgraced peers who fail to repay wrongly claimed expenses are to be barred from returning to parliament.”
The Guardian, 14th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“References provided by schools about university applicants have been rendered worthless by the Data Protection Act, a crossbench peer has told the BBC.”
BBC News, 5th December 2011
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“Two peers convicted of expenses fraud should be suspended from the House of Lords, a key committee has said.”
BBC News, 4th November 2011
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“Lord Hanningfield has threatened legal action over his ‘unlawful arrest’ over money claimed when he was leader of Essex County Council.”
BBC News, 18th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Neither the obligation to comply with a financial support direction issued by the Pensions Regulator under section 43 of the Pensions Act 2004 nor the obligation to pay the trustees of the relevant occupational pension scheme the sum specified in a contribution notice issued under section 47 of the 2004 Act, following non-compliance with the direction, constituted a provable debt in an administration or liquidation within the meaning of rule 13.12 of the Insolvency Rules 1986 where the direction was issued after the commencement of the insolvency process; such obligations ranked instead as an expense of the administration or liquidation.”
WLR Daily, 14th October 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A four-year inquiry into £3.7m worth of ‘unreconciled’ spending on corporate credit cards by members of Scotland Yard has led to the conviction of six officers, and the disciplining of 34 others, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said.”
The Guardian, 28th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Former environment minister Elliot Morley has been freed from prison after serving a quarter of his 16-month sentence for fiddling his parliamentary expenses, sources said.”
The Independent, 20th September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Former Labour MP Jim Devine has been released from prison after serving a quarter of his 16-month sentence for expenses fraud.”
BBC News, 1st August 2011
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“The independence of the Information Commissioner’s Office has been called into question by Labour after the watchdog declined to pursue an inquiry into minister Jonathan Djanogly.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa), which was brought in to clean up the discredited MPs’ expenses system, initially indicated that politicians would be identified when a formal probe was launched.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A former MP jailed for expenses fraud claimed the second highest amount of parliamentary allowances last year, records have revealed.”
The Guardian, 21st July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A former Tory peer jailed after being found guilty of fiddling his parliamentary expenses has lost an appeal against his conviction.”
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The Guardian, 20th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Former Tory peer Lord Hanningfield has jailed for nine months after being found guilty of fiddling his parliamentary expenses.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Chris Huhne is facing a second potentially damaging inquiry after the elections watchdog announced it was reviewing all his expenses from the general election in response to allegations he broke the rules.”
The Guardian, 1st June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Ex-Tory peer Lord Taylor of Warwick has been jailed for 12 months for falsely claiming £11,277 in parliamentary expenses.”
BBC News, 31st May 2011
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“Former Tory peer Lord Hanningfield has been found guilty of fiddling his parliamentary expenses.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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