Jacqui Smith fraud case dropped – BBC News
“Plans for a private prosecution against former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith alleging fraud over her second home expenses claims have been dropped.”
BBC News, 30th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: expenses
New body to oversee expenses ‘could have chilling effect on MPs’ freedom of speech’ – The Guardian
“Gordon Brown’s plans to set up an independent body to take charge of parliamentary expenses could have a ‘chilling effect’ on MPs’ freedom of speech, the most senior official in the House of Commons warned today.”
The Guardian, 26th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
MPs’ expenses and allowances: new Parliamentary Standards Bill introduced – Ministry of Justice
“The old system of MPs’ self regulation is to end and a new system of robust, independent and transparent statutory regulation will be brought forward in urgent legislation introduced to Parliament today by Harriet Harman and Jack Straw.”
Ministry of Justice, 23rd June 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
MPs who break tough new rules risk one year in jail – The Independent
“MPs who fiddle their expenses in future could face 12 months in jail or an unlimited fine under a crackdown announced last night. A Bill will be rushed through Parliament by next month with all-party support in an attempt to restore public confidence in MPs after it was shattered by the revelations about the allowances system.”
The Independent, 24th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Court official fixed jury selection – Daily Telegraph
“A court official fixed the selection of jurors to allow her neighbours to sit on the panel and claim £8,000 in expenses.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
MPs’ expenses: attack on MPs by the £21 judges – Daily Telegraph
“A group of judges has launched an unprecedented public attack on MPs over their ‘disproportionately large’ expenses.”
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Daily Telegraph, 17th June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
In re M (Restraint order: Reasonable living expenses) – Times Law Reports
In re M (Restraint order: Reasonable living expenses)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Where reasonable living expenses were made available as an exception to a restraining order, those expenses could not be used to pay contributions to the Legal Services Commission for publicly funded representation in related proceedings.”
The Times, 16th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Police rule out broad inquiry over MPs’ expenses – The Guardian
“Senior police and prosecutors have announced they will not launch criminal investigations into more than 100 MPs over their apparent abuse of parliamentary expenses.”
The Guardian, 5th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Brown to launch ‘code of conduct’ for MPs – The Independent
“Gordon Brown said today there were ‘clear cases’ of MPs who may have broken the law over expense claims but insisted that only ‘a few’ MPs had abused the Westminster perks system.”
The Independent, 31st May 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk‘
Gresham International Ltd and others v Moonie and others – WLR Daily
Gresham International Ltd and others v Moonie and others [2009] EWHC 1093 (Ch); [2009] WLR (D) 168
“The court had power, under its supervisory role of compulsory winding up and bankruptcy, to make orders that would effectively grant retrospective sanction to a liquidator who had issued proceedings in her name without first obtaining the sanction of the liquidation committee or the Secretary of State, as required under section 167 of the Insolvency Act 1986, notwithstanding that the criteria in r 4.184 (ii) of the Insolvency Rules as to the retrospective ratification of a liquidator’s acts had not been met.”
WLR Daily, 21st May 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Fraud challenge to home secretary – BBC News
“A man has appeared in court to try to start a private prosecution against the home secretary over her expense claims.”
BBC News, 22nd May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Expenses: in the spirit of the rules? – The Times
“A police investigation into the MPs expenses scandal will swiftly identify false accounting as the criminal offence most likely to have been committed by the most egregious of the SW1 claimants.”
The Times, 21st May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Met chief prepared to launch inquiries into alleged misuse of MPs’ expenses – The Guardian
“Paul Stephenson says police will investigate MPs where warranted, while union calls on Labour’s NEC to outline deselection process for MPs found guilty of claims misuse.”
The Guardian, 18th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Expenses scandal: proving MPs committed fraud would be difficult – The Times
“The furore over allowances claimed by Members of Parliament has produced strong reactions from members of the public, including suggestions that criminal offences have been committed. There has been speculation in the media, suitably restrained for obvious reasons, that some cases might attract the attention of the Revenue or other authorities. There may have been complaints made to the police.”
The Times, 15th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Accused anti-terror chief cleared – BBC News
“Scotland Yard’s anti-terror chief has been cleared of wrongdoing after an investigation into claims he misused a corporate credit card.”
BBC News, 11th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Police called in over leaks as more MPs accused – The Times
“MPs defied their own legal advice last night and asked the police to investigate how expenses details had been offered for sale to newspapers.”
The Times, 9th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Sinclair and Another v Glatt and Others – Times Law Reports
Sinclair and Another v Glatt and Others
Court of Appeal
“A court-appointed receiver could have a lien on the property held in a convict’s name even though he had only a bare legal interest in it. A pending financial relief claim of the former wife of the convict had no priority over the receiver’s lien.”
The Times, 16th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Sinclair v Glatt and others – WLR Daily
Sinclair v Glatt and others [2009] EWCA Civ 176; [2009] WLR (D) 97
“A receiver appointed pursuant to s 77 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 to get in the assets of a convicted money launderer was entitled to recover his remuneration, costs and expenses from the realisable assets caught by the order. That right extended to assets to which the convicted person had legal title but which were beneficially owned by someone else.”
WLR Daily, 16th March 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in once of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Caroline Spelman to repay nanny expenses – The Independent
“Conservative frontbencher Caroline Spelman last night agreed to repay £9,600 after parliamentary anti-sleaze watchdogs found she broke Commons rules by paying taxpayers’ money to her children’s nanny.”
The Independent, 4th March 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, says she did not break rules – Daily Telegraph
“Jacqui Smith has said her controversial second home allowance that has forced a Commons inquiry was not against the rules.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
