‘Keoghs recently wrote about their triple success in defeating claims for psychological injury arising out of road traffic accidents. The common denominator of the three claims was that each of the Claimants sought to rely upon the medical evidence of a specific Consultant Psychologist. Sharan Sanghera acted for the Defendant in one of those Claims, her comment on the case appears below.’
3PB, 13th December 2022
Source: www.3pb.co.uk
‘The public interest in preventing prejudice to commercial interests trumps the public interest in publishing details of recipients of emergency Covid loans, the First Tier Tribunal has ruled. In Spotlight on Corrupton & Anor v The Information Commissioner & The British Business Bank, tribunal judge Sophie Buckley rejected two appeals against the information commissioner’s decision not to require the British Business Bank to identify all the businesses that had taken out loans under four government schemes during the pandemic.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 6th January 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has handed down a significant judgment on the interpretation of settlement agreements; and specifically, whether a settlement agreement was intended to, and has the effect of, precluding or releasing claims arising from fraud, conspiracy or other intentional wrongdoing despite not expressly referring to such claims.’
Blackstone Chambers, 21st December 2022
Source: www.blackstonechambers.com
‘The British government has been given the go-ahead to keep concealing the names of companies that received in total more than £47bn in state-backed Covid loans, after a tribunal ruled in its favour.’
The Guardian, 5th January 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A husband and wife who lived a “lavish lifestyle” with other people’s money have been sentenced for their part in a multi-million pound fraud.’
BBC News, 17th December 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Fraudsters who scammed pensioners out of £200,000 by claiming to be police officers have been jailed.’
BBC News, 13th December 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘All those who work in law firms, not just lawyers, are liable to sanction by both their employer and the SRA for acts of misconduct…’
Kingsley Napley Employment Law Blog, 29th November 2022
Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk
‘An accountant who stole £1.7m from the Bermudan government is facing losing his pension as attempts to claw back money he took continue.’
BBC News, 26th November 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘MPs have backed giving the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) unlimited fining powers in cases of economic crime.’
Legal Futures, 24th November 2022
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Six defendants including a senior manager and two drivers of a road haulage business have been found guilty on Friday 18 November 2022 of running a large-scale money laundering operation involving in excess of £100 million in cash.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 20th November 2022
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The Elections Act 2022 will introduce the requirement to show photo ID at UK Parliamentary elections, police and crime commissioner elections and at local elections in England. This briefing looks at the background to voter ID in the UK.’
House of Commons Library , 14th November 2022
Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
‘The Home Office has an incomplete and out-of-date grasp of the cost of fraud in the UK and a poor understanding of who commits the crime, a public spending watchdog has found.’
The Guardian, 15th November 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Halton Mark Anthony Powell, 44, has been sentenced to two years and four-and-a-half months after pleading guilty to supplying articles for use in a fraud at Southwark Crown Court on 11 November 2022.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 11th November 2022
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘A high-value serial romance fraudster has been found guilty today (3 November 2022) of duping victims out of just over £324,000 in an investment scam.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 3rd November 2033
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The construction of a state-of-the-art combined court is underway in the heart of London’s legal centre as part of Salisbury Square, a new development on Fleet Street.’
Ministry of Justice, 18th October 2022
Source: www.gov.uk
‘The UK’s justice system is “ill-equipped” to tackle a spiralling fraud epidemic and needs a rapid overhaul, a cross-party committee of MPs has concluded.’
The Guardian, 18th October 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Hundreds of Met Police officers have been getting away with breaking the law and misconduct, a damning report has found.’
BBC News, 17th October 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A fraudster who duped more than 8,000 people into investing in celebrity-backed luxury Caribbean holiday resorts in a £226m scam has been jailed.’
BBC News, 3rd October 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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