‘A fraudster who allegedly pretended to be a quadriplegic and in a coma for two years to evade justice has been jailed for four and a half years.’
BBC News, 7th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Lura Pacheco, 34, was fined £500 and sentenced to 100 hours’ community service after first prosecution for ‘education tourism’.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd September 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Peter Howes forged the signature of his brother and mother, cashed in life insurance policies and siphoned off the proceeds of the sale of the £1m family home.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th September 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
PJ (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWCA Civ 1011; [2014] WLR (D) 329
‘When local lawyers obtained relevant documents from a domestic court in relation to an asylum claim and thereafter transmitted them directly to lawyers in the United Kingdom, there was no basis in domestic or European Court of Human Rights jurisprudence for the general approach that there was a rebuttable presumption that documents so obtained were reliable, with the presumption capable of being displaced by evidence or submissions from the Home Secretary. Rather the jurisprudence did no more than indicate that the circumstances of particular cases might exceptionally necessitate an element of investigation by the national authorities in order to provide effective protection against mistreatment, although such a step would frequently not be feasible or it might be unjustified or disproportionate.’
WLR Daily, 18th July 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘A dead estate agent’s girlfriend found guilty of using a forged will to stop his estranged wife inheriting his £3m fortune has had her conviction quashed.’
BBC News, 10th July 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal is to hear a disciplinary case which led to the Bar Standards Board being accused by Lord Justice Moses of “misleading conduct”.’
Legal Futures, 10th July 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A businessman who forged a document and lied about its authenticity has won a legal battle against a major financial institution over copyright.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th April 2014
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A man who accused his unemployed sister of waiting for their mother to die so she could cash in on her inheritance forged the signature on his parent’s will when she lay on her deathbed, a judge has ruled.’
Daily Telegraph, 13th March 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Four men have been jailed for making more than £1.3m worth of counterfeit £10 notes.’
BBC News, 13th January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A pensioner who went on the run after conning a blind widow out of her £2.2m estate has been jailed for 10 years.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th November 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A High Court judge has asked prosecutors to consider forgery and contempt charges after claiming staff at an immigration removal centre falsified a document.”
BBC News, 11th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman who accused her late father’s ‘traditionalist’ family of conspiring to cut her out of a £500,000 inheritance because she was born out of wedlock has failed in her legal challenge.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Three forgers have been jailed for what police believe is the largest ever plot to make fake £1 coins in the UK – some of which may still be in circulation.”
The Independent, 21st May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Two men from London have been sent to jail after being found guilty of
defrauding two banks, Allied Irish Banks and Bank of Scotland, of £61.”
BBC News, 17th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A ‘pathological liar’ who forged qualifications to get a job as a teacher has been jailed for 18 months.”
BBC News, 29th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A mother who shaved her young son’s head and eyebrows and forced him to use a wheelchair to make it appear he was seriously ill so she could claim £85,000 in benefits has been jailed.”
The Guardian, 13th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A ‘wicked’ stepmother and father have been jailed for stealing their schoolgirl daughter’s inheritance left by her wealthy grandad.”
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Daily Telegraph, 25th November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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