Law and the Justice System

Outsourcing giant Serco has agreed a deal with the Serious Fraud Office that brings to an end a lengthy investigation into the scandal over its electronic tagging of offenders.

https://www.peeblesshirenews.com/news/national/17745343.serco-pay-22-9m-fines-costs-electronic-tagging-scandal/?ref=twtrec

A flat in Dagenham has been recovered as part of a National Crime Agency civil recovery investigation into a man believed to be a drug dealer and fraudster.

Both the claimant and defendant representatives have expressed frustration with the progress of the government’s whiplash reforms, and doubted it will be ready for April 2020 as planned.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/anger-with-moj-over-whiplash-reforms-begins-to-boil-over

Four gambling businesses are to pay a total of £4.5m in penalty packages as part of the Gambling Commission’s ongoing investigation into the online casino sector.

https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/news-action-and-statistics/news/2019/Widespread-regulator-action-results-in-further-4.5m-in-penalties-for-online-gambling-sector.aspx#PublicstatementMay2019bestbet

Seized collectables including an original animation frame from The Simpsons are to be auctioned to recoup some of the £2.4m taken by a fraudster.

The High Court has put a permanent stop to years of vexatious litigation pursued by a struck-off solicitor against the Law Society, Bar Council, senior judges and many others.

The Law Commission has rejected pleas from the legal profession to narrow the rule that all criminal activity that generates funds or other property is caught by the anti-money laundering regime.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/law-commission-rejects-lawyers-plea-to-narrow-aml-reporting

A woman who faked cancer to trick a charity has been ordered to repay more than £26,000.

A magistrate from North Lambeth has been given a suspended sentence for her part in a £61,500 fraud, following an investigation by Metropolitan Police detectives.

https://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/9935

A West London solicitor has hit with a £500,000 confiscation order for repeatedly disregarding warnings from his local council to stop using a home as an office for his firm.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/solicitor-hit-with-500k-poca-fine-for-using-house-as-office