Law and the Justice System

A fraud victim left suicidal after losing his life savings to a £14.5 million Ponzi-style scheme today told how he “pulled himself back from the brink” so he could watch the conman face justice.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/fraud-victim-tells-how-he-held-back-from-suicide-to-face-conman-in-court-a3901371.html

The crackdown on holiday sickness claims fraud is moving in a positive direction, with the latest figures from the UK’s Ministry of Justice (MoJ) showing that the number of Claims Management Companies (CMCs) operating in the travel sector fell by 37 per cent between August 2017 and January 2018.

https://www.itij.com/story/114437/fraud-crackdown-gains-positive-results

David Vaughan Jones, 79, of Leighton, Welshpool, was put behind bars for six years in May last year after being convicted of numerous fraud crimes.

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/crime/2018/07/26/disgraced-solicitor-ordered-to-repay-half-the-14-million-he-stole-from-clients/

Property fraudsters could be stopped in their tracks by technical fixes of the law, according to the Law Commission.

https://www.lawcom.gov.uk/land-registration-act-shape-up-could-build-on-fraud-fighting-efforts-and-make-conveyancing-better-for-everyone/

High numbers of low-quality suspicious activity reports (SARs) are making it difficult to investigate money laundering, the Law Commission has warned.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/bid-to-reduce-low-quality-money-laundering-reports

The First Minister has informed the Welsh Assembly that the Law Commission will be undertaking a new project to review the law governing the operation of the devolved Welsh tribunals and make suggestions for reform.

https://gov.wales/about/cabinet/cabinetstatements/2018/welshtribunalsproject/?lang=en

Bringing the codes in line with changes in legislation, policy, operational policing practice and case law. These changes to Codes C (detention), E (audio recording of interviews), F (visual recording of interviews) and H (detention – terrorism) come into effect on 31 July 2018

https://crimeline.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-829.pdf

Three judges and six other lawyers arrested over an alleged plot to scam £12.6m from the legal aid system have appeared in court.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/judges-accused-of-12-6m-legal-aid-scam-appear-in-court

In the 12 months to March, 443,000 crimes resulted in a charge or summons out of 4.6 million offences - the lowest detection rate since 2015.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44884113

Prosecutors need to perform their vital public function correctly at the start of the case and cannot expect a serious error of this sort to be rectified on appeal.

https://www.corkerbinning.com/a-thief-is-not-necessarily-a-fraudster-a-fraudster-is-not-necessarily-a-thief/