Queen’s Birthday Honours: the full 2021 list June 12, 2021 Below the full list of names for this year ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) The Rt. Hon. Frederick Richard Penn Curzon, The Earl Howe. For political and parliamentary service. (Amersham, Buckinghamshire) ORDER OF THE BATH Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) [...]
Deutsche Bank scandal: Courts still chasing billions through tax scams and carbon credits May 7, 2019 Major banks enabled fraudsters to steal billions of pounds of public money through VAT scams, according to documents obtained by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. A decade later, tax authorities are still chasing the money through the courts. Traders in London facilitated the so-called “carousel” fraud by organised crime gangs in 2009, which involved the trading [...]
Deutsche Bank scandal: Courts still chasing billions through tax scams and carbon credits May 7, 2019 Major banks enabled fraudsters to steal billions of pounds of public money through VAT scams, according to documents obtained by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. A decade later, tax authorities are still chasing the money through the courts. Traders in London facilitated the so-called “carousel” fraud by organised crime gangs in 2009, which involved the trading [...]
Fraudsters sentenced in £2.8m Madeira luxury property investment scam September 4, 2018 Five people were today sentenced to a total of 17.5 years in prison for their part in a £2.8m investment scam which resulted in the City watchdog's second largest criminal prosecution ever. The fraudsters conned their victims into investing the cash in a fantasy development on the Portuguese island of Madeira, supposedly guaranteeing massive returns [...]
Criminal finance bill set to give police powers to delay M&A if there is suspicious behaviour October 16, 2016 POLICE could be given the power to delay M&A transactions for up to six months under little-noticed proposals in the criminal finance bill. The bill, which was published on Thursday, contains proposals to extend the time police have to investigate tip-offs from financial services firms for so-called “suspicious activities” from the current maximum of one [...]
Legal comment: How can Adidas escape from a multi-year contract with the IAAF? January 25, 2016 Complex sponsorship contracts of this nature can run to hundreds of pages – with often the most crucial and heavily negotiated part of the deal being each party’s right to terminate early. Read more: Adidas decides to end IAAF sponsorship four years early Sponsors, like Adidas, will try to insist on wide rights to walk [...]
Brazil: Between the rule of law and the rule of politics March 31, 2016 President Dilma Rousseff's hope of surviving a looming impeachment are becoming dimmer each day. On Monday, the Brazilian Bar association filed a new process to remove her from power on the grounds of accounting fraud. Yesterday, her party, PT, lost their largest ally in the Brazilian Congress as centrist party PMDB, presided by vice-president Michel Temer, withdrew their support [...]
TfL offers temporary relief for taxi drivers over criminal check backlog as row escalates over taxi drivers’ DSB checks November 10, 2015 Transport for London has agreed to introduce temporary licences for existing taxi drivers after a major backlog of criminal checks had built up, forcing drivers off the road. The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, are processed by the Home Office and individual police forces. But drivers have complained that they have been unable to work – in some cases since [...]
Blatter remains defiant despite engulfing crisis May 28, 2015 DEFIANT president Sepp Blatter refused to quit his position at the top of the scandal-ridden world governing body yesterday as the shockwaves from the Fifa corruption scandal continued to reverberate throughout football. Uefa counterpart Michel Platini demanded that Blatter resign, while failing to rule out further challenges to the 79-year-old’s authority should he win today’s [...]
Legal aid deal halts barrister strike action March 28, 2014 CRIMINAL barristers yesterday called off further strike action after the Ministry of Justice postponed changes to legal aid that would have slashed their fees. The Criminal Bar Association welcomed the decision to suspend legal aid fee changes until at least summer 2015 and said it will work with justice secretary Chris Grayling on the reforms.