‘A “fantasist” killer who assumed the identity of a dead man who had the same name as him has been found guilty of murder some 39 years later.’
BBC News, 7th November 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Voters must now 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 Great Britain.’
House of Commons Library, 18th September 2023
Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
‘A man who recruited illegal migrants as cleaners in Sainsbury’s supermarkets has been jailed for six years.’
BBC News, 7th August 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘This article is intended to serve as an update on the new voter identification rules that have been introduced as a result of the voter identity requirements provisions contained in the Elections Act 2022. Save to note that, prior to its enactment, the proposed legislation attracted considerable debate as to whether the historic level of electoral fraud, and in particular personation, within the United Kingdom justified the introduction of these requirements the author does not intend to cover the arguments for or against them.’
4-5 Gray's Inn Square, 7th March 2023
Source: www.4-5.co.uk
‘The government has been defeated in the House of Lords over its plans to introduce photo ID for voters in elections.’
BBC News, 7th April 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The UK government should rethink its plans to require voters to show photo ID at polling stations, MPs say.’
BBC News, 13th December 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The UK government’s Election Bill containing controversial Voter ID provisions is progressing with haste through parliament this month, despite significant alarm over its potential impact. Whilst the government claims the bill will increase ballot security, all evidence points to these proposals being harmful to voter access and electoral integrity as the US experience demonstrates.’
Oxford Human Rights Hub, 18th October 2021
Source: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk
‘The elections bill, which will be debated in the Commons for the first time on Tuesday, is, according to the government, an ambitious and timely set of plans to ensure elections remain fair and secure. To critics, it is undemocratic and intended to rig elections in favour of the Conservatives. So what does the bill set out?’
The Guardian, 7th September 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Romance fraud – scamming someone out of money by pretending to want a relationship – has been on the rise during lockdown.’
BBC News, 10th February 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An experienced solicitor has been fined £20,000 for misconduct after being duped into accepting that a woman was who she said she was because he did not require documentary proof.’
Legal Futures, 16th January 2020
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The government has announced controversial plans to force voters to bring photo ID with them to the polling station. The move has drawn criticism from MPs and campaigners who believe it will undermine thousands of people’s right to vote. So what is it and what’s at stake? Jodie Satterly explores.’
Rights Info, 16th October 2019
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘A man who posed as a woman online to trick would-be suitors into blindfolded sexual encounters at his flat has been jailed.’
The Independent, 10th November 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Given the frequency with which sophisticated fraudsters arrange for the sale of properties which they do not own, it is perhaps surprising that the question of who, amongst the professionals involved, bears the risk when it happens has not been considered sooner and more definitively. In 2010 the question came before the Court in Excel Securities PLC v Masood [2010] Lloyds Rep PN 165, but only on a summary judgment application. HHJ Hegarty QC (sitting as a High Court Judge) held that the question of whether a solicitor purporting to act for the owner of a property warranted the identity of his client could not be answered in the abstract, and was not a suitable matter for summary judgment. A warranty of authority is an implied obligation arising as a matter of contract in particular circumstances, so it is not possible to determine the scope of any such warranty without a detailed consideration of the facts. Generally, however, a solicitor’s warranty extends to the fact that he has the authority of the person who has instructed him, but not as to the identity of that person.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 31st July 2018
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
‘Who bears the loss when a purchaser agrees to buy a property which isn’t the seller’s to sell? In recent years the courts have had to grapple with the problem caused by “identity fraud”, where a fraudster masquerades as the owner of property, “sells” it to the unsuspecting victim, and then absconds with the money.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 30th June 2018
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
‘An undercover officer who had an unauthorised sexual relationship with an environmental campaigner has been dismissed from the police after a disciplinary hearing.’
The Guardian, 3rd May 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Minister says new requirements counter ‘perception’ of electoral fraud as data shows problem is minimal.’
The Guardian, 29th April 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Plans to force voters to show photo identification at polling stations may discriminate against people from ethnic minority communities, the equality watchdog has reportedly warned. The new rules – being trialled to prevent voter fraud – would also hit the young and old, those with disabilities and transgender people, the Equality and Human Rights Commission claims in a leaked letter to Cabinet Office minister David Lidington.’
The Independent, 22nd April 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Organised criminals and fraudsters are stealing the identities of dead people in order to get cheaper car insurance, it has emerged.’
Daily Telegraph, 24th February 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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