Law and the Justice System

High Court dismisses challenge to unexplained wealth order. The wife of an imprisoned banker has failed in an attempt to have dismissed an order requiring her to explain how she came to acquire UK property worth £22m.

http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed192927

A new specialist unit will identify and freeze bank accounts linked to organised crime behind bars

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/specialist-financial-crime-unit-to-crack-down-on-prison-gangs

Review sent to PM reportedly recommends 32% salary increase to address low morale

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2018/oct/12/call-for-a-60000-pay-rise-for-high-court-judges-sparks-anger

HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has agreed to set out the “real-world impact” of its court modernisation programme when it publishes “overall designs” in the next three months.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/hmcts-to-set-out-real-world-impact-of-court-modernisation

The claim concerns a number of assets, including three UK properties, which the SFO alleges were obtained using the proceeds of corrupt deals in Uzbekistan

https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2018/10/03/sfo-begins-action-to-recover-proceeds-of-alleged-corrupt-telecoms-deals-in-uzbekistan/

How the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) determines whether a criminal case should be prosecuted

http://www.lpportal.eu/content/editorial/articles/law-inforcment/case-prosecution/

At Teesside Crown Court he was made subject to a Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 confiscation order in the sum of £1,026,887.45.

https://www.yorkmix.com/news/devious-york-conman-must-repay-1-million-from-global-fraud/

The government has outlined the uncertainty that a no-deal Brexit would cause in civil cases that involve EU countries.

https://www.litigationfutures.com/news/no-deal-brexit-will-cause-uncertainty-for-cross-border-litigants-says-moj

Losing the incentives that lure insurance fraudsters – in the view of the UK’s biggest insurer, that is one of the benefits to be gained when the proposed version of the Civil Liability Bill is enacted.

https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/uk/news/auto-motor/avivas-take-on-why-civil-liability-bill-needs-to-be-enacted-110894.aspx

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has suspended the £58m project to change the way court orders are enforced and historic criminal debt is collected because it does not have enough money.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/moj-halts-enforcement-upgrade-due-to-cash-shortage