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DIRECTOR OF THE SERIOUS FRAUD OFFICE v AIRLINE SERVICES LTD

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 1

Deferred Prosecution Agreement - Corruption - Bribery Act 2010 - Failure to prevent bribery - Adequate procedures - Agent - Conflict of interest - Internal investigation - Self-reporting - Cooperation

R v BEVAN

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 2

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 - Confiscation proceedings - Appeal against determination of extent of a defendant's interest in property, section 31(4) - Determining extent of interest, section 10A – Third party rights - Equitable interests - Tainted gifts

KOMISIA ZA PROTIVODEYSTVIE NA KORUPTSIYATA I ZA OTNEMANE NA NEZAKONNO PRIDOBITOTO IMUSHTESTVO v BP, AB AND OTHERS CORPORATE COMMERCIAL BANK, IN LIQUIDATION

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 3

Proceeds of Crime - Asset recovery - Reference for a preliminary ruling - Judicial cooperation in criminal matters - Proceedings for the confiscation of illegally obtained assets in the absence of a criminal conviction - Directive 2014/42/EU - Scope - Framework Decision 2005/212/JHA

MIRCHANDANI v THE LORD CHANCELLOR

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 4

Costs - Private prosecutions - Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, section 17 - Award of prosecution costs from central funds in proceedings "in respect of an indictable offence" - Civil proceedings for the enforcement of a confiscation order obtained under the Criminal Justice Act 1988 - Whether jurisdiction to make costs order

R v LUCKHURST AND GOLDING (INTERVENOR)

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 5

Restraint order - Restraint - Variation - Living expenses - Legal expenses - Fees - Unsecured creditor - Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, section 41

FORTE AND VALE v R

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 6

Confiscation orders - Divorce - Standard of proof - Beneficial ownership - Adverse inferences

BERMINGHAM AND PALOMBO v R

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 7

Appeal again conviction - Euribor manipulation - Jury misconduct - Bias - Special knowledge - Jury direction re the "proper basis" for Euribor submissions - Decisions per incuriam - Conspiracy to defraud - Legal certainty unlawfulness - Legal certainty dishonesty - recklessness as to economic prejudice - Extension of time

R v FERATI

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 8

Fraudulent evasion of tax - Under-declaration of business profits - Relevance of quantum of under-declaration - Privilege against self-incrimination - Relevance to credibility of failure voluntarily to disclose documents

DIRECTOR OF THE SERIOUS FRAUD OFFICE v AIRBUS SE

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 9

Airbus - Bribery - Bribery Act 2010 - Corruption - Deferred Prosecution Agreement ("DPA") - Extraterritorial - Failure to Prevent - Financial Markets - Self Reporting - Serious Fraud Office ("SFO")

DB v COMMISSIONE NAZIONALE PER LE SOCIETÀ E LA BORSA (CONSOB), INTERVENING PARTIES: PRESIDENTE DEL CONSIGLIO DEI MINISTRI

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 10

Market abuse - Failure to cooperate with competent authorities - Right to remain silent

DB v COMMISSIONE NAZIONALE PER LE SOCIETÀ E LA BORSA (CONSOB), INTERVENER IN THE MAIN PROCEEDINGS: PRESIDENZA DEI CONSIGLIO DEI MINISTRI

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 11

Market abuse - Failure to cooperate with competent authorities - Right to remain silent

ASHBOLT AND ANOTHER v HER MAJESTY'S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS AND ANOTHER

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 12

Tax avoidance - Fraud - Judicial review - HMRC - Lawfulness of search and seizure warrants - Whether reasonable grounds for obtaining search warrants - Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, section 9, Schedule 1

R (LONDON BOROUGH OF HARINGEY) v ROTH

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 13

Breach of Planning Enforcement Notice - Confiscation proceedings - Statutory offences - Benefit from criminal conduct - Credit for guilty plea - Town and County Planning Act 1990, section 179 - Form of summons

NATIONAL CRIME AGENCY v AZIZ AND OTHERS

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 14

Proceeds of crime - Mutual legal assistance - Prohibition orders - Forfeiture - Recovery of misappropriated funds - Property acquired with misappropriated funds - Suspicious activity reports - Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Requests and Orders) Order 2005 (SI 2005 No 3181), article 141A

SPORTS DIRECT INTERNATIONAL PLC v FINANCIAL REPORTING COUNCIL

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 15

Legal professional privilege ("LPP") - Financial Reporting Council ("FRC") - Power to require provision of information - Disclosure - Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors Regulations 2016 (SI 2016 No 649) ("SATCAR") – Audit Enforcement Procedure ("AEP")

R (KBR INC) v DIRECTOR OF THE SERIOUS FRAUD OFFICE

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 16

Criminal Justice Act 1987, section 2 - Extra-territoriality - Investigative powers

R v LOWTHER AND OTHERS

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 17

Appeal - Confiscation - Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, section 10 ("POCA") - Criminal lifestyle assumptions

OM v OKRAZHNA PROKURATURA – HASKOVO, APELATIVNA PROKURATURA – PLOVDIV

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 18

EU law - Preliminary ruling - Instrumentalities of crime - Third party rights - EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, article 47

R (THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY) v RYDER AND ANOTHER

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 19

Appeal - Confiscation - Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 - Pecuniary advantage - Jurisdiction - Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010 No 675), regulations 12(1)(a) and 38(1)(a)

MENG v HSBC BANK PLC AND OTHERS

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 20

Civil evidence - Bankers' Books Evidence Act 1879 - Foreign proceedings - Extra-territorial jurisdiction - Legal proceeding - Other records - Discretion

R v AKLE AND OTHERS

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 21

Abuse of process - Prosecutorial misconduct - Circumstances in which an individual may be deemed a Covert Human Intelligence Source - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, section 26 - Admissibility of evidence relating to a co-defendant's guilty plea

COLLINS v DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 22

Proceeds of crime - Confiscation proceedings - Hidden assets order - Co-defendants - Article 1 Protocol 1, ECHR - Proportionality - Joint liability - Default terms - Warrants of commitment - Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 - Statutory purpose

R v SHUNJIAN JIANG

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 23

Money laundering - Money Laundering Regulations 2007 - Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 - Confiscation proceedings - Criminal property

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS v BAXTER

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 24

Cash forfeiture in Ireland - Powers of search - Liability to forfeiture - Discretion not to order forfeiture where search unlawful

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA v JP MORGAN CHASE BANK NA

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 25

Banking - Duty of care - Quincecare duty - Knowledge - Disclosure - Extended disclosure - CPR PD 51U

HER MAJESTY’S ATTORNEY GENERAL v LGL TRUSTEES LTD

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 26

Money laundering - Sentencing - Trust company - Customer due diligence - Politically exposed person - High-risk transaction - Risk assessment and management - Failure to recognise and respond to risk that trust structure might be used for embezzlement - Failure to properly identify and verify the corporate customer's controllers - Proceeds of Crime (Jersey) Law 1999, article 37(4) - Money Laundering (Jersey) Order 2008, articles (11)(1)(f) and 13(1)(a)

DIRECTOR OF THE SERIOUS FRAUD OFFICE v AMEC FOSTER WHEELER ENERGY LTD

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 27

Deferred Prosecution Agreements - Conspiracy to make corrupt payments - Failure to prevent bribery - Crime and Courts Act 2013, section 45 and Schedule 17

BALAZ v DISTRICT COURT OF ZVOLEN (SLOVAKIA)

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 28

Extradition - Money laundering - Fraud - Jurisdiction - Extra-territoriality - Whether conduct constituted an extra-territorial offence

LENNON AND ANOTHER v ENGLEFIELD AND OTHERS

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 29

Professional negligence - Conveyancing - Money Laundering Regulations 2007 (SI 2007 No 2157) - Solicitors Regulatory Authority Code of Conduct - Client money - Duty of care - Undue influence - Causation - Professional indemnity insurance - Exclusions - Recoverable loss

PARKER v FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY AND ANOTHER, MOORE AND ANOTHER (INTERESTED PARTY)

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 30

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 - Confiscation orders - Compensation orders - Third party beneficial interest in property - Common interest constructive trust

R v JUSTYNA PARCZEWSKA

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 31

Proceeds of crime - Assessment of benefit - Factual findings - Relationship with sentence

R v LOUANJLI

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 32

Appeal against conviction - Fraud - Money laundering - Exclusion of evidence - Relevance - Power to allow evidence of defendant via video link

AA AND OTHERS v BB AND ANOTHER

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 33

Worldwide freezing orders - Criminal restraint orders - Serious Fraud Office - Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 - Whether criminal restraint order prohibited worldwide freezing order - Risk of dissipation

TODOROV AND OTHERS v BULGARIA

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 34

Criminal confiscation - Asset recovery - Proof - Presumptions - Extended confiscation regime - Proportionality - European Convention on Human Rights, Article 1 of Protocol No 1 (A1P1)

LONDON BOROUGH OF BARNET v KAMYAB

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 35

Proceeds of crime - Breaches of enforcement notices - Prosecutor's appeal against a confiscation order - Whether confiscation order can be remitted to the Crown Court for redetermination on appeal by the Prosecutor

LONDON BOROUGH OF BARNET v KAMYAB

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 36

Proceeds of crime - Variation of confiscation order - Appeal by prosecutor when order made - Court of Appeal hearing application to vary under POCA 2002, section 32(1)

STANFORD INTERNATIONAL BANK LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) v HSBC BANK PLC

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 37

Dishonest assistance - Claim for loss - Appeal against strike out - Test of dishonesty for corporations - Need to identify dishonest directing minds - Basis for blind-eye knowledge

ASIF v DITTA AND ANOTHER

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 38

Private prosecutions - Fraud - Stay of proceedings - Appeal against a terminatory ruling - Costs

R v SEED

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 39

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 - Confiscation - Available amount - Possessory title

FRENSHAM v FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 40

Financial Conduct Authority - Decision Notice - Non-financial misconduct - Fit and Proper test - Criminal convictions

THE STATE OF QATAR v BANQUE HAVILLAND SA (A COMPANY INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF LUXEMBOURG) AND ANOTHER

[2021] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 41

Civil evidence - Investigations - Litigation privilege

LLR: Financial Crime Plus