Law and the Justice System

The Serious Fraud Office has entered into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) with Airline Services Limited (ASL) having today received final approval from Mrs Justice May.

https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2020/10/30/sfo-enters-into-deferred-prosecution-agreement-with-airline-services-limited/

A high-net-worth fraudster who skipped his trial and fled to Dubai has been ordered to pay over £37 million - and faces ten years in prison if he fails to pay.

Prosecution data for the first quarter of 2020/21 - covering the coronavirus lockdown period - has today been published.

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The SFO has today published a chapter from its handbook which offers comprehensive guidance on how we approach Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs), and how we engage with companies where a DPA is a prospective outcome.

The Serious Fraud Office has reached a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) with Airline Services Limited (ASL), subject to final approval by the court. This approval will be sought from Mrs Justice May at a public hearing at Southwark Crown Court, sitting at the Royal Courts of Justice, on 30 October 2020.

The backlog of outstanding employment tribunal claims could pass 500,000 by spring if it continues to increase at the current rate, Citizens Advice has warned as it urged the government to provide more funding.

The UK’s company registrar, Companies House, has said in its strategic plan that it wants to become a digital organisation focused on the use of data to inspire confidence and combat economic crime.

You might think publishing an open data strategy should currently be well down the list of HM Courts & Tribunals Service priorities. Not so, says Dr Natalie Byrom, research director of the Legal Education Foundation:

A Leeds businessman with links to serious criminals has lost his vast property empire worth nearly £10m after a National Crime Agency investigation.