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12.11.11
Harry Redknapp to stand trial for cheating revenue
Harry Redknapp and former Portsmouth football club chairman Milan Mandaric will stand trial at southwark Crown Court on 23 January 2012. The two count indictment alleges that Mandaric and Redknapp arranged for Mandaric to make payments to an account held by Redknapp in Monacco with an intent to defraud the revenue. The payments are alleged to…
Read more8.11.11
No Article 6 Protection in Civil Asset Recovery Proceedings
In Gale and another v serious Organised Crime Agency 2011 UKsC 49 the supreme Court was asked to consider the application of Article 6 to Part 5 civil recovery proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. Mr and Mrs Gale had been made the subject of a civil recovery order at first instance by Griffith Williams J….
Read more18.09.11
sFO Head says that reckless bankers should end up in jail
Richard Alderman, Head of the serious Fraud Office, is reported as saying that the current law is defective so far as the criminal liability of corporations and senior individuals in financial institutions is concerned. Mr Alderman is quote in the sunday Times as saying “..if you are running a bank and you run it recklessly and you…
Read more20.08.11
Former Labour MP released from prison
Former Labour MP Jim Devine released from prison after serving a quarter of the 16 month sentence for expenses fraud.
Read more17.08.11
Attorney General warning
Attorney General warns that social networking sites could threaten the existence of jury trials.
Read more16.08.11
John Yates resigns
Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner John Yates resigns following criticism of his handling of phone hacking investigation
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