Law and the Justice System

Five fraudsters sentenced to more than 43 years in prison for their part in a fake eco-investment scheme have been ordered to repay £20m to HMRC.

An Essex man jailed in April over malware offences dating back years has been ordered to pay back the profits of his crime spree, and sell valuable assets

Volunteers will help support fraud victims across Sussex in a new scheme launched by police.

https://www.spiritfm.net/news/sussex-news/3003232/volunteers-to-help-fraud-victims-in-sussex/#.Xe-xAyWKjzY.twitter

A man who was responsible for the handling of 19 stolen vehicles worth more than £700,000 has been ordered to pay back £1.4m.

Two men who scammed millions of pounds from 760 vulnerable victims in a fraudulent solar panel scheme have today been ordered to pay confiscation totalling £413,206.10.

https://www.sfo.gov.uk/2019/11/27/solar-panel-fraudsters-ordered-to-pay-413206-10-compensation-to-victims/

A woman who helped run a Shropshire-based scam swindling Tesco out of tens of thousands of pounds has been told she must pay up almost £30,000 or go to prison for 18 months.

Blockchain and smart contracts were given a major boost towards becoming a standard method for securely storing and transferring cryptoassets yesterday, when the expert panel charged with giving the technology legal certainty declared they should be treated in principal as property.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/digital-assets-property-under-english-law

Professor Richard Susskind has called for the development of a “standard, adaptable, global platform for online courts” that can be rolled out to fortify access to justice around the world.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/susskind-calls-for-global-online-court-revolution

Corporate offenders sentenced in Scotland face will face higher financial penalties when a new 'victim surcharge' is applied from later this month.

https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/scottish-corporate-offenders-face-new-victim-surcharge-on-penalties

Electronic signatures automatically generated at the bottom of emails can bind businesses to contracts.