Londoners are right to oppose Brexit: Our security is more important than our sovereignty May 10, 2016 Londoners chose Sadiq Khan as their mayor over Zac Goldsmith on Thursday. Sadiq is a declared In-er and Zac is an Out-er. All the expert pollsters – who can get things wrong – point to London being a three-quarters In city. As both a businessman and London’s first deputy mayor for policing and crime for [...]
Old Bailey and Southwark Crown Court among list of eight crown courts to take part in a not-for-broadcast filming pilot scheme for three months March 20, 2016 Television cameras will be allowed into eight crown courts across England and Wales, including London's the Old Bailey and Southwark Crown Court, for the first time under a new pilot plan, Ministry of Justice and the Lord Chief Justice announced today. Under the not-for-broadcast scheme, the sentencing remarks of various nominated senior judges can be [...]
Serious Fraud Office asks Monaco for help with investigation into oil industry corruption April 1, 2016 The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has asked Monaco for help investigating alleged corruption in the oil industry. It put in an urgent request for international judicial assistance in criminal matters to its government, resulting in it raiding the offices of oil services firm Unaoil and the homes of its directors. Two media reports said that [...]
Volkswagen agrees to shell out $14.7bn to settle emissions-cheating scandal June 28, 2016 Volkswagen has today agreed to pay out around $14.7bn (£11bn) to settle claims relating to the emissions-cheating scandal. Last year, the car manufacturer admitted to fitting vehicles with devices designed to cheat emissions tests, prompting investigations and legal actions in a number of different countries. Slightly over $10bn of Volkswagen's settlement relates to compensating vehicle owners, while [...]
Fifa crisis: Sepp Blatter and other former officials “enriched themselves” with £55m in bonuses, new details from corruption investigation reveal June 3, 2016 Former Fifa officials including Sepp Blatter "enriched themselves" through pay rises and bonuses worth £55m over five years, corruption investigators have revealed. Fifa's disgraced former president Blatter, former secretary general Jerome Valcke and former finance director Markus Kattner are alleged to have made a "coordinated effort" to arrange the lucrative compensation by the lawyers conducting the organisation's internal corruption probe. Read more: [...]
Libor latest: One person has donated £5,000 to Tom Hayes’ crowdfunding campaign May 5, 2016 Tom Hayes' crowdfunding campaign to raise money for his legal fees has started to gather pace, with one anonymous individual parting with £5,000 for the cause. The crowdfunding campaign, which is being hosted on Fundrazr and was set up to raise funds for Hayes' appeal to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), has now raised almost £10,000 since [...]
Liverpool great Alan Hansen’s joy as Hillsborough families savour victory at last in 27-year campaign April 26, 2016 Liverpool great Alan Hansen has revealed his “elation” after the families of the 96 victims of the Hillsborough disaster won their 27-year fight to have the deaths deemed unlawful. The longest jury proceedings in British legal history concluded with a majority verdict of 7-2 that match commander Chief Superintendent David Duckenfield had committed “gross negligence”. [...]
White-collar prosecutions edged up last year, the first increase in five years May 23, 2016 Prosecutors are cracking down on white-collar crime, with the number of prosecutions inching up for the first time in five years, research out today has found. The study by law firm Pinsent Masons discovered that there were 9,401 prosecutions for white collar crime last year, compared with 9,343 the year before. "Any increase in prosecutions [...]
Libor scandal: Judge orders former UBS and Citigroup trader Tom Hayes to pay over £878,806 March 24, 2016 Former UBS and Citigroup trader Tom Hayes was ordered to pay just shy of £900,000 by a court yesterday, or face yet more time in jail. Hayes, who was found guilty last August on eight counts of conspiracy to defraud for his role in manipulating Libor, was hit with an £878,806 confiscation order following a [...]
Merlin Attractions admits health and safety breaches over Alton Towers crash April 22, 2016 Executives from Alton Towers parent company has admitted breaching health and safety laws over the rollercoaster crash last year. Merlin Attractions Operations has pleaded guilty to the breach this morning. Several of the victims appeared at North Staffordshire Justice Centre, Newcastle-under-Lyme today. The Health and Safety Executive is prosecuting the group over last year's incident on The [...]