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Crime & Fraud Briefing: March 2024
Welcome to the latest edition of the Crime Briefing which focuses on private prosecutions with articles written by Louise McCullough and Amelia Katz. We hope that you find these articles informative and interesting. There remains ongoing disbelief, outrage, and concern over the private prosecutions that…
Crime & Fraud Briefing: July 2023
Welcome to the latest edition of the Crime & Fraud Briefing which focuses on the topical areas of anonymity in criminal proceedings and the new fraud strategy ‘Stopping Scams and Protecting the Public’ published by HM Government in May 2023 with articles written by Eleanor…
LYING IN WAIT Ian Clarke on trial by ambush and fundamental dishonesty
Andrew Jenkinson v Gary Robertson [2022] EWHC 791 (QB) Under what circumstances can a Defendant accuse a Claimant of fundamental dishonesty? That was one of the central questions before the Court in the recent High Court decision of Andrew Jenkinson v Gary Robertson. Background The…
Claire Harden-Frost and Thom Dyke secure convictions in first ever modern slavery fraud case
After a three-week trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court, Claire Harden-Frost and Thom Dyke have secured convictions in the first ever prosecution brought under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 to involve trafficking victims for the purposes of carrying out fraud. Nearly thirty vulnerable young girls were…
Rehabilitation Damages, Fraud, Dishonesty and Wasted Costs
Those who defend personal injury claims are increasingly used to seeing rehabilitation based special damages claims. Insurers and policymakers should be aware of dishonest layering of rehabilitation special damages. Being alert to this is important because they can be relied upon to damage the claimant’s…
Fundamental Dishonesty & Trials in Lockdown
Roger André joined 1 Chancery Lane in December 2020. He has a longstanding Civil Fraud Practice and his move to 1 Chancery Lane, whilst still residing in the North of England, enables him to offer enhanced national coverage as he travels nationwide and also does…
9 Gough Chambers is delighted to announce the appointments of Eleanor Mawrey, Jennifer Newcomb and James Thacker to the A list of the Serious Fraud Office Panel
Chambers is delighted to announce that Eleanor Mawrey and Jennifer Newcomb have been appointed to the A list of the Serious Fraud Office junior counsel panel. James Thacker has been reappointed to the A list. Barristers on this list lead investigations and prosecutions of top-tier…
James Thacker and William Dean Secure First Ever Conviction for Knowingly Furnishing False Information in £2.7m Rural Development Grant Fraud
On 12 June 2020, two defendants were sentenced for their participation in a scheme to secure over £2.7m in Government grant aid under the Countryside Productivity Scheme. False quotations, in the names of genuine businesses, were supplied to the Rural Payments Agency at DEFRA in…
Thom Dyke secures acquittal in £0.5m fraud trial
Thom Dyke acted for the defendant, TG, in a complex fraud trial involving alleged losses of nearly half a million pounds.
Court of Appeal decision on Imposter Fraud
The Court of Appeal has today handed down judgment in the long-awaited conjoined appeals of P & P Property Ltd v Owen White & Catlin LLP and Dreamvar (UK) Ltd v Mishcon de Reya. It is not good news for conveyancing solicitors and their insurers….
James Thacker and Thom Dyke: £7½ million fraudsters sentenced to 33 years’ imprisonment
Fraudsters at the heart of a sophisticated global conspiracy to defraud over £7½ million have been given sentences totalling 33 years’ imprisonment.
James Thacker secures Confiscation Order in excess of £3.3million in ‘Britain’s largest Educational fraud’
‘Between January 2006 and October 2012 SK, who had worked his way up to the Accounts Manager, defrauded Haberdashers’ Aske’s Federation Trust of over £4million.
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