Law and the Justice System

Britain’s financial watchdog faced sharp criticism on Wednesday from former small business owners who say they have been mistreated by big banks

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-banks-uk-smallbusinesses/victims-of-bank-fraud-criticise-britains-financial-watchdog-idUKKBN1IA2Y9

Following a POCA hearing on at Liverpool Crown Court a former Police Officer with Lancashire Constabulary, was handed a £367,772.50 confiscation order.

https://www.insurancefraudbureau.org/media-centre/news/2018/shamed-former-police-officer-ordered-to-pay-back-367-772-for-crimes/

The failure of HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) to carry the support of lawyers for its ambitious modernisation plans has contributed to failing to meet its timetable, according to Parliament’s spending watchdog.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/court-modernisation-risks-unintended-consequences-says-national-audit-office

The aim of the government’s £1bn court modernisation programme is to cut annual spending on the courts by £250m every year from 2022, with thousands of jobs to go, it has emerged.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/court-modernisation-project-aims-to-cut-annual-spending-by-250m-and-staff-by-40

Prisoner-on-prisoner assaults up 11% and assaults on staff up 23% in 2017, MoJ figures show

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/apr/26/prison-violence-in-england-and-wales-hits-record-levels?CMP=share_btn_tw

The Cabinet Office has awarded the contract for data matching in the National Fraud Initiative (NFI) to incumbent service provider Synectics Solutions.

http://www.ukauthority.com/data4good/entry/8137/synectics-retains-national-fraud-initiative-role

More and more complex digital data is being used in court cases. But the growing pile of digital evidence is straining the resources of investigators

http://www.wired.co.uk/article/uk-police-courts-data-justice-trials-digital-evidence-rape-cases-cps

Northern Ireland’s Paramilitary Crime Task Force (PCTF) has secured its first civil recovery order.

http://www.policeprofessional.com/news.aspx?id=32016

The average length of custodial sentences for tax fraud has increased by 25 per cent to just over four years, as the government clamps down on tax evasion.

http://www.cityam.com/283573/average-prison-sentence-tax-fraud-rises-four-years

Home Secretary Amber Rudd announces a multi-million pound commitment to tackle those who use the anonymity of the online space for illegal activities.

https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/home-secretary-speech-on-law-enforcement-crackdown-on-dark-web