After reviewing Barclays Bank’s reaction to the 2008 financial crisis the Serious Fraud Office has charged the bank and four former directors with fraud-related offences. When the bank was in real trouble and was attempting to avoid a taxpayer bailout, billions of pounds were raised
When AB was prosecuted for having sexual intercourse with an underage girl he wanted to rely on the defence that he reasonably believed the girl to be 16. When he was denied this opportunity because of previous criminal charges, AB claimed that this was in
Jimmy Nelson has just thrown his first career complete game for the Brewers allowing one run, six hits and striking out ten Padres along the way. This is the first complete game by a Milwaukee starting pitcher for around two years and gives the bullpen
The forthcoming session of Parliament will last for two years as it was announced that there will be no Queen’s speech in 2018. The move was justified in anticipation of a swathe of Brexit legislation that will be brought forth before the UK formally withdraws
There is a new lecture available on the subject of fraud in criminal law. You can find the full description below: Fraud and other related offences such as bribery are covered in statute law but before getting into this it is useful to go over
The devastating fire that engulfed Grenfell Tower in Kensington last week was both tragic and disturbing. With fifty-eight people now missing and presumed dead thoughts begin to turn to the aftermath. On Thursday the prime minister announced that there will be a full public enquiry
EU Regulation 2016/2286 begins as follows: Pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 531/2012, roaming providers should not levy any surcharge additional to the domestic retail price on roaming customers in any Member State, for any regulated roaming call made or received, any regulated roaming SMS message
No one is going to sit here and pretend that the Cincinnati Reds are actually…good. OK they had an unexpected spurt at the start of the season but since then they have regressed so dramatically that the mean is but a dot on the horizon
Football legend Alan Shearer is taking his financial advisers to the High Court in London alleging that he was given negligent advice that gave rise to £9million worth of damages. The all-time Premier League top goalscorer also argues that the advisers who specialise in pension
When Wood sold his company to Capita it transpired after an internal review that insurance policies had been misrepresented to customers. Capita tried to recover the compensation that they were obliged to pay out but Wood disputed this on the basis of the wording of