Law and the Justice System

  • 05 Oct 2023 10:46 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    A man previously jailed for orchestrating a series of fraudulent motor insurance claims has been ordered to pay back £210,000, following proceedings initiated by the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED).

    https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/uk/news/claims/insurance-fraud-mastermind-ordered-to-pay-back-210000-461506.aspx

  • 29 Sep 2023 11:08 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (the “Bill“), which is set to introduce, among key reforms, a new failure to prevent fraud offence (“FTP Fraud“), is in the final stages of the Parliamentary process. The Bill is expected to receive Royal Assent by the end of this year. The Bill’s next debate is scheduled to be on 18 October 2023, when Parliament returns from conference season.

    https://hsfnotes.com/fsrandcorpcrime/2023/09/22/the-economic-crime-and-corporate-transparency-bill-where-are-we-now/

  • 29 Sep 2023 10:59 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Barring any last-minute hold-ups, the online safety bill will have become, or will be waiting to become, the Online Safety Act by the time you read my words here. The legislation has had a difficult gestation.

    https://www.ftadviser.com/opinion/2023/09/25/online-safety-bill-finally-signed-off-but-the-hard-work-is-just-beginning/

  • 24 Sep 2023 11:13 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    The Online Safety Bill returned to the House of Lords for consideration of Commons amendments in 'ping pong', on Tuesday 19 September.

    The Online Safety Bill seeks to establish a new regulatory regime to address illegal and harmful content online and impose legal requirements on search engine and internet service providers, including those providing pornographic content. The bill will also confer new powers on the Office of Communications (Ofcom), enabling them to act as the online safety regulator.

    https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2023/january-2023/lords-scrutinises-online-safety-bill/


  • 24 Sep 2023 11:10 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    New figures from the Home Office show a sharp rise in the amount of money and assets recovered from criminals in the year to March.

    Around £1.4 million was seized by West Mercia Police last year in the year to March – a significant rise from £908,000 in 2021 to 2022.

    https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2023/09/21/west-mercia-police-seizes-14-million-recovered-from-criminals-as-fraud-recoveries-surge/

  • 21 Sep 2023 9:29 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    MPs have voted to back a narrower new offence of ‘failure to prevent’ fraud than proposed by UK peers, and to reject calls for a separate new offence of ‘failure to prevent’ money laundering to be added to the UK statute book.

    https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/plans-broad-failure-prevent-fraud-offence-rejected-by-uk-mps

  • 21 Sep 2023 9:28 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Surrey Police seized almost £1 million in assets and money from criminals in the year to March, new figures show.

    Police forces can recover the proceeds of crime through confiscation and forfeiture orders, which require those found guilty to pay a fine, or give the police the power to seize assets from them.

    https://www.farnhamherald.com/news/surrey-police-seizes-almost-ps1-million-from-criminals-as-fraud-recoveries-surge-639258


  • 21 Sep 2023 9:05 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    England and Wales’ Commercial Court remains a popular jurisdiction to file fraud claims for international and domestic parties alike, while crypto-asset litigation is rising, according to analysis of court data by Stewarts and a data firm.

    Contentious boutique law firm Stewarts has cooperated with disputes data analytics company Solomonic to publish a report with insights into commercial civil fraud claims being brought in England and Wales, which shows a rising volume of fraud claims from 2014.

    https://www.cdr-news.com/categories/litigation/19399-commercial-court-leads-fraud-actions


  • 15 Sep 2023 12:30 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Stephen Parkinson will be the new Director of Public Prosecutions and head of the Crown Prosecution Service the Attorney General has announced today.

    Rt Hon Victoria Prentis KC MP selected Mr Parkinson following an open and transparent competition. It is expected that he will take up the appointment from 1 November for an initial term of five years. He will succeed the outgoing DPP, Max Hill KC.

    https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-director-of-public-prosecutions-announced


  • 10 Sep 2023 5:10 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    A couple who defrauded Stephen Terry's Hardwick restaurant in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire out of £150,000 have been told to pay back just £1.

    Nicola Nightingale, 48, was working as a financial administrator at the restaurant when she committed the fraud between 2018 and 2020.

    https://www.thecaterer.com/news/stephen-tery-hardwick-frauf-1


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