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CMOC SALES & MARKETING LTD v PERSON UNKNOWN AND 30 OTHERS

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 1

Dishonest assistance - Fraud - Knowing receipt - Unjust enrichment - Unlawful means conspiracy - Freezing injunctions - Unknown persons.

SCHOLTZ AND OTHERS v THE STATE

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 2

Corruption under sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act 12 of 2004 - Offence committed even if gratification paid after the event - Sentencing in respect of an offence of corruption.

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

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 3

Judicial review - Serious Fraud Office - Powers of the Director - Criminal Justice Act 1987 - Section 2 notices - Material held outside the jurisdiction - Power to compel provision - Mutual legal assistance

LONSDALE v NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 4

Summary judgment - Strike out - Data Protection Act - Disclosure - Defamation - Fraud - Proceeds of Crime - Whether claims by customer with frozen accounts susceptible to strike out or summary judgment - Whether customer entitled to summary judgment for breach of contract - Whether customer of bank entitled to summary judgment on customer's claim under Data Protection Act 1998 - Whether defamation claim by customer precluded by privilege - Whether customer entitled to inspection of suspicious activity reports ("SARs").

R (WYATT AND ANOTHER) v THAMES VALLEY POLICE

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 5

Charging decisions – Investigations – Independence – Reasons – Copyright offences.

UBS EUROPE SE (FORMERLY UBS (LUXEMBOURG) SA) v ALAIN HONDEQUIN AND OTHERS (OTHER PARTIES TO THE PROCEEDINGS: DV, EU, COMMISSION DE SURVEILLANCE DU SECTEUR FINANCIER (CSSF), ORDRE DES AVOCATS DU BARREAU DE LUXEMBOURG)

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 6

Directive 2004/39/EC ("MiFID") - Article 54(1) and (3).

ENZO BUCCIONO v BANCA D'ITALIA (INTERVENERS: BANCA NETWORK INVESTIMENTI SPA, IN LIQUIDATION)

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 7

Directive 2013/36/EU - Article 53(1).

R v GIMBERT

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 8

Theft of land - Theft Act 1968 - Power of attorney - Validity.

RUDALL v CROWN PROSECUTION SERVICE AND ANOTHER

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 9

Malicious prosecution - Reasonable and probable cause - Malice - CPS - Duties of prosecutor - Delay - Prolonged investigation.

AHMED v CROWN PROSECUTION SERVICE

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 10

Confiscation - Criminal Justice Act 1988 - Receivership - Realisable property - Pension policies

BENNETT v THE CHIEF CONSTABLE OF MERSEYSIDE POLICE

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 11

Proceeds of crime - Forfeiture - Costs - Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, section 298 - Cash - No Order as to Costs - Magistrates' Court Act 1980, section 64(1) - Courts Act 1971, section 52(3)(b) - Totally without merit

SOTHEBYS v MARK WEISS LTD AND OTHERS

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 12

Disclosure - Inspection - Legal professional privilege - Litigation privilege - Dual purpose - Dominant purpose CPR 31.19

COMPETITION AND MARKETS AUTHORITY v CONCORDIA INTERNATIONAL RX (UK) LTD

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 13

Disclosure and inspection of documents - Public interest immunity - Competition and Markets Authority

GIEM SRL AND OTHERS v ITALY

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 14

Human rights – European Convention on Human Rights, articles 6 and 7 – Non-conviction confiscation – Article 1 of Protocol No 1 – Property development – Subsidiarity – Margin of appreciation doctrine – Pilot judgments – Stare decisis – Consolidated law.

GILANI v SADDIQ AND OTHERS

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 15

Civil Procedure Rules, r 31.22 - Use of documents disclosed in civil proceedings in criminal proceedings - Permission - Proper purpose - Public interest - Fraud - Private prosecution

R (FLANNIGAN) v DIRECTOR OF LEGAL AID CASEWORK AND ANOTHER

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 16

Legal Aid - Capital contribution orders - Income contribution orders - Criminal Defence Service regulations - Restraint orders - Assets - ECHR article 1 Protocol 1

R v BUSH AND ANOTHER

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 17

Fraud - False accounting - Prosecution appeal

R v GODIR

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 18

Mens rea - Knowingly - Recklessness - Jury directions - Tax Credit Act 2002, section 35 - Taxes Management Act 1970, section 106A

R (BEACH AND ANOTHER) v FOLKESTONE MAGISTRATES' COURT (RUNNYMEDE BOROUGH COUNCIL, INTERESTED PARTY)

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 19

Confiscation orders - Non-payment - Enforcement proceedings - Warrants for committal to prison - Deliberate failure to pay - Alternatives to imprisonment - Enforcement receivers - Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, section 35 - Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980, section 82

R v FULTON

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 20

Criminal benefit - Disguise, convert or transfer criminal property - Conspiracy - Money laundering - Proportionality - Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, sections 6, 76 and 84.

SERIOUS FRAUD OFFICE v TESCO STORES LTD

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 21

Crime and Courts Act 2013, section 45 and Schedule 17 - Deferred Prosecution Agreement ("DPA") Code of Practice 2016 - Theft Act 1968, section 17.

R v D

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 22

Council tax - Fraud by non-disclosure - Legal duty to disclose information - Terminating rulings.

ACL NETHERLANDS BV (AS SUCCESSOR TO AUTONOMY CROP LTD) AND OTHERS v LYNCH AND ANOTHER

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 23

Civil Procedure – Disclosure – Witness statements – Collateral use – Compulsion – Public interest – Use in foreign proceedings – Comity – CPR 31.22 – CPR 32.12.

MARTIN v COMMISSIONERS FOR HER MAJESTY’S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 24

Money laundering – Money Laundering Regulations 2007 (SI 2007 No 2157), regulations 33 and 42 – Tax adviser – Registration with supervisory authority – Penalty for carrying on business while not on register.

BUTT v COMMISSIONERS FOR HER MAJESTY’S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 25

Tax - HMRC - MTIC fraud - VAT - Abuse of rights principle - Legal certainty - Value Added Tax Act 1994, sections 24 to 26, 60 and 61

CROWN PROSECUTION SERVICE v AQUILA ADVISORY LTD

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 26

Confiscation orders - Breach of fiduciary duty - Constructive trusts - Attribution of liability

NATIONAL CRIME AGENCY v NUTTALL AND OTHERS

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 27

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 – Recovery – Money laundering – Mortgage fraud – Contravention of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986.

GROUP SEVEN LTD (A COMPANY INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF MALTA) AND ANOTHER v NOTABLE SERVICES LLP AND ANOTHER

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 28

Equity - Dishonest assistance - Breach of trust - Breach of fiduciary duty - Whether assistance dishonest - Blind-eye knowledge - Vicarious liability - Whether bank liable for employee's fraud - Causation - Whether chain of causation broken

RE SOMAIA

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 29

Costs - Central funds - Private prosecution - Enforcement - Statutory interpretation - Criminal Justice Act 1988, sections 71, 80 and 82 - Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, section 17

QUALTER AND OTHERS v CROWN COURT AT PRESTON CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESHIRE COUNCIL (INTERESTED PARTY) AND OTHERS

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 30

Judicial review - Production orders - Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 - Local Government Act 1972 - Localism Act 2011 - Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 - Money laundering investigation - True or predominant purpose

R v THAYAPARAN AND OTHERS

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 31

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 ("POCA") - Confiscation - Criminal property - Beneficial ownership - Assumptions

R v DRUZYC

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 32

Appeal - Substituting offence - Indictment - Insolvency Act 1986, sections 206 and 207

N v ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 33

Banking - Bank accounts - Freezing of accounts - Termination of relationship - Money laundering - Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, section 338(4A)

R v PANAYI

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 34

Crime - Sentence - Confiscation orders - Basis of conviction - Benefit from criminal conduct - Planning control - Enforcement notices - Non-compliance - Property income - Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c 8), section 179(6) (as substituted by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c 34) Part I, sections 8, 21) - Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c 29), section 76(3)(4).

R v ALSTOM NETWORK UK LTD

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 35

Companies - Directing mind and will - Directors - Abuse of process

VOLAW TRUST AND CORPORATE SERVICES LTD AND ITS DIRECTORS AND OTHERS v THE OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF TAXES AND ANOTHER VOLAW TRUST AND CORPORATE SERVICES LTD AND ITS DIRECTORS AND OTHERS v HER MAJESTY’S ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR JERSEY

[2019] Lloyd's Rep. FC Plus 36

Investigations - Mutual legal assistance - Privilege against self-incrimination - European Convention on Human Rights, article 6 - Pre-existing documents

LLR: Financial Crime Plus