Law and the Justice System

The Civil Liability Bill, which aims to transform Britain’s motor compensation culture to create a fairer system for insurance customers and claimants alike, has received Royal Assent today and is now part of UK law.

https://www.postonline.co.uk/regulation/3930886/the-civil-liability-bill-receives-royal-assent

In an effort to help authorized push payment (APP) fraud victims, The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) unveiled new rules on Friday (Dec. 14). As a result, additional banks or payment services providers (PSPs) may have to compensate victims of those kinds of scams,Financial Times reported.

https://www.pymnts.com/news/regulation/2018/uk-regulator-push-payment-fraud-scams/

Justice minister Lucy Frazer has defended the role of call centres in the justice system during the committee stage of the Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Bill.

https://www.litigationfutures.com/news/court-service-call-centres-improving-justice-says-minister

Former UBS rogue trader Kweku Adoboli accuses Home Office of 'state violence' following his deportation to Ghana

http://www.cityam.com/269740/former-ubs-rogue-trader-kweku-adoboli-accuses-home-office

British government agency said Standard Bank had complied with the terms in the agreement, the first since the SFO launched the practice in 2014

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-k-serious-fraud-office-concludes-its-first-deferred-prosecution-agreement-in-standard-bank-case-1543617627

According to law firm Clyde & Co, which has been taking a lead role in the fight against insurance fraud in UK, there is a sign that jail time is significantly more likely for fraudsters

https://www.itij.com/story/115049/uk-courts-toughen-fraud-stance

The UK has upheld the use of a recently introduced power to crack down on forms of wealth deemed to be suspicious.

http://www.wealthbriefingasia.com/article.php?id=181838#.W_ri1o1LEoc#.W_ri1o1LEoc

Stakeholders are unanimous in their concern that the law on confiscation is unduly complex and can hamper the effective recovery of the proceeds of crime.

https://www.lawcom.gov.uk/project/confiscation-under-part-2-of-the-proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/

Two men already sentenced over a £780,000 Brighton-based fraud against an international rail company have now had proceeds of their crimes confiscated by a court after an investigation by Sussex Police financial crime experts.

https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2018/11/13/brighton-fraudsters-who-conned-rail-company-of-780k-ordered-to-repay-ill-gotten-gains/

The legal profession has “a real opportunity to blaze a trail” on diversity, the Lord Chancellor said

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/gauke-urges-profession-to-push-further-on-diversity