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21 Dec 2018 10:19
Philip Rule acts for defendant in Financial Conduct Authority prosecution of £3 million "Ponzi" scheme fraudPhilip was instructed on behalf of the defendant to proceedings before the Southwark Crown Court. The case was brought by the Financial Conduct Authority for fraud, and an offence under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (operating a collective investment scheme without authorisation). more...
12 Dec 2018 15:19
Vicarious liability for fraud and reliance-based tortsThe Winter v Hockley Mint decision 1. In torts such as deceit, where liability depends on the claimant acting in reliance on a statement made to him, the test for establishing vicarious liability is not the same as for other wrongs committed in the course of a servant’s employment. 2. A principal more...
7 Dec 2018 13:45
Gosvenor London Ltd v Aygun Aluminium UK Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 2695Background Gosvenor was contracted to perform cladding works for Aygun. The project fell into delay and disputes arose. A subsequent adjudication determined that Aygun owed Gosvenor the sum of £553,958. Gosvenor later applied for summary judgment to enforce the adjudication and Aygun resisted on the more...
6 Dec 2018 14:19
Adrian Darbishire QC, Jocelyn Ledward and Tom Doble successful in SFO v TescoTwo Tesco directors have been acquitted of charges of fraud and false accounting after the case was dismissed due to lack of evidence following an eight-week trial at Southwark Crown Court. Chris Bush and John Scouler, were accused of manipulating figures that resulted in Tesco's profits being more...
15 Nov 2018 12:18
Corruption in International ArbitrationIntroduction For many years there has been a push towards reducing corruption across the globe. Some countries introduced anti-corruption legislation some time ago, such as the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 1977 and China’s Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China 1980 (Reformed in 1997). more...
2 Nov 2018 15:26
Mark Harries leads Zaki Hashmi of ABV Solicitors in a £10m internet diversion fraudMark Harries leads Zaki Hashmi of ABV Solicitors for one of 3 brothers alleged to have conducted in a £10-handed, £10m internet diversion fraud currently in week 5 at Blackfriars Crown Court. The trial is likely to last until Christmas. You can read more about this case in the following links:- more...
2 Nov 2018 09:35
Paul Raudnitz and Kyan Pucks defend in £10m internet banking fraudPaul Raudnitz and Kyan Pucks defend Emmanuel Chukwuka, accused of complicity in a £10m internet banking fraud conspiracy. The case has opened at Blackfriars Crown Court and embraces a number of allegations of conspiracy to defraud and conspiracy to launder the proceeds of fraud. Ten defendants stand more...
29 Oct 2018 09:13
Barclays successfully defends SFO application for voluntary bill of indictmentCrispin Aylett QC, Ben FitzGerald and Richard Lissack QC (of Fountain Court) acted for Barclays plc and Barclays Bank plc in the SFO’s application before Lord Justice Davis for a voluntary bill of indictment in respect of the Bank’s capital raising from Qatar in 2008. The matter was heard between 22 more...
26 Oct 2018 10:21
Simon Howarth successfully defends national IFA NetworkMr Justice Jacobs today handed down judgment in favour of the Defendant in Anderson v Sense Network [2018] EWHC 2834 (Comm). Simon acted for the successful Defendant Network, instructed by RPC, against over 90 Claimants. The case arose from a Ponzi scheme orchestrated by an Appointed Representative more...
18 Oct 2018 09:22
Push payment fraud: Update Autumn 2018Banking & Finance Litigation specialists Louise Power and Rachel Elgar report on the Payment Systems Regulator’s (PSR) recent proposals for dealing with push payment fraud. What is push payment fraud? Payments are described as ‘push payments’ when the payer obtains the payee’s account details and more...
4 Oct 2018 08:47
Chris Henley QC leading John Carl Townsend, Simon Csoka QC and Roxanne Morrell represent former directors of Solar Energy Savings Ltd (“SES”) in SFO prosecutionSES had devised the “360 Returns Scheme”, which promised customers a 100% return on the funds they had used in the purchase of the company’s solar panels. Customers were informed that the scheme was viable and had been underwritten by a policy of insurance. Contrary to those claims, the scheme was more...
1 May 2018 10:55
Congratulations to Andrew Bird & James Fletcher for their inclusion in Who's Who legal 2018 edition5SAH would like to congratulate Andrew Bird and James Fletcher for their inclusion in Who's Who legal 2018 edition. Andrew Bird has been ranked in the guide for his work within asset recovery and James Fletcher continues to be ranked for his work within the field of criminal fraud. Andrew Bird is more...
New Confiscation authority: s.22 POCA 2002 applications post-Waya
The Court of Appeal has ruled in R. v Cole [2018] EWCA Crim 888 that when the Prosecution apply under section 22 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 for a Defendant's available amount to be reconsidered in respect of a historic confiscation order, it was wrong to not give consideration to the a change in the more...
Washing Machines, Oil Rigs and Waste – Health & Safety Investigations and Enforcement Update – Spring 2018
The new year has begun with three important appeal decisions that will be of particular interest to anyone practising in Health and Safety (“H&S”) law. They cover subjects as wide ranging as sentencing, enforcement notices and litigation privilege that are also relevant to a much wider spectrum of more...
Bringing Assange to Justice
The latest step in the Julian Assange extradition saga saw the court refuse his application for the UK arrest warrant to be withdrawn last week. It seems now that Mr Assange has little option left but to face prison for breach of bail, or stay cooped up in the Ecuadorean embassy forever. Assange more...
13 Feb 2018 12:17
Groundbreaking fraud decision: The Pensions Regulator v Payae & OrsJudgment was handed down in the case of The Pensions Regulator v Payae & Ors on 23 January 2018 following a trial at the end of 2017. The Regulator obtained judgment for over £13.7m against the mastermind of a liberation fraud, together with others involved. The scam had had over 245 victims, who more...
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