Law and the Justice System

Fraudsters who trick people out of their hard-earned savings should be met with a tough enforcement regime, MPs and adviser bosses have claimed.

FOURTEEN million, £20 million, £24 million – the eye-watering sum in damages being awarded to the administrators wrongly prosecuted for fraud over the Rangers bankruptcy, seems to grow larger by the day.

MPs debated the proposed “failure to prevent” amendment to the Financial Services Bill on 13 January 2020. However, the vote on the amendment was abandoned, putting further reforms on hold. This article examines why the amendment is required and whether it is likely to become law.

Scotland has officially recorded only one high-profile fraud case for the entire period of 2020 as Covid-19 continues to pose profound logistical challenges for the country’s justice system.

https://www.scottishlegal.com/article/court-closures-and-delays-lead-to-scotland-recording-only-one-high-value-fraud-case

Research by KPMG shows drop in hearings comes despite lockdown fraudsters taking advantage of consumer uncertainty

An update setting out the work being undertaken by HMCTS in the short and medium terms in response to coronavirus (COVID-19).

NEW legal guidance to set updated rules on charging criminal cases has been published by the Director of Public Prosecutions today.

The National Crime Agency has succeeded in an action under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 to recover monies from the frozen bank account of a former English car sales company as the proceeds of unlawful conduct.

Competitiveness in the legal market and the impact of lawtech on access to justice are among the research priorities the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has set out for the next three to five years.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/moj-wants-research-on-improving-legal-markets-competitiveness

A reformed confiscation regime will aim to improve the process by which confiscation orders are made; ensure fairness of the confiscation regime; and optimise the enforcement of confiscation orders so they are more effective at depriving a defendant of their benefit from criminal conduct.