Every year, the UK economy could be losing as much £219 billion to fraud. This colossal figure is one of they key findings of the 2023 Annual Fraud Indicator (AFI), a round-up of the cost of fraud in the UK published by Peters & Peters Solicitors in conjunction with national audit, tax, advisory and risk […]
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in Philipp v Barclays Bank UK PLC, which deals with the circumstances in which a bank can be held liable for not preventing a customer from being defrauded. The judgment offered much-needed clarity on the nature of the Quincecare duty and the obligations that banks […]
In March, the UK government released its Green Finance Strategy, setting out plans to attract investment to help achieve the country’s net zero ambitions. Then, a month later, the National Fraud Strategy came out, revealing that fraud is “by far” the UK’s most common crime, representing 40% of offences in England and Wales. However, no […]
From fake goods, scam emails, counterfeited artwork, mislabelled foods to the perils of falling prey to all those crypto adverts, fraud is everywhere. In this article for Fraud Intelligence, Keith Oliver and Caroline Timoney embark on a whistlestop tour through the history of fraud, uncovering how many old scams have modern versions today. They discuss […]
The UK has set out plans to tame the crypto sector and the Treasury has announced that this will be done under the existing financial services regime. In this first edition of the International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators Bulletin (see p26), Keith Oliver and Caroline Timoney argue that despite the Treasury’s ambition to control […]
As Covid-19 brought a seismic shift in the amount of time Britons spend living and working in their home, there followed an uptick in those wanting to maximise or improve the space through renovation. With demand for tradesmen outstripping supply, it is unsurprising that homeowner complaints about ‘rogue builders’ soared by nearly one third between […]
For once, I will be fleetingly positive about this country. I know it’s not de rigueur, and I won’t make a habit out of it. But it seems like we are starting to get the long-awaited clarity the country needs in the context of digital assets. Theoretically at least. I say this following the publication […]
Who’s Who Legal has ranked two Peters & Peters partners as part of a “global elite” in its rankings for asset recovery in England, as well as recommended three other partners. Head of Fraud & Commercial Disputes Jonathan Tickner and Head of International Keith Oliver were recognised as ‘Global Thought Leaders’, with Jonathan described as […]
Fraud now accounts for 40% of all crime and, in May, the government published its national fraud strategy – the latest official document attempting to address this epidemic. The ambition is for fraud to be reduced by 10% by December 2024 on 2019 levels, by “tackling fraudsters head on, protecting the British people’s hard-earned cash […]
Our client, a young woman with no previous convictions, has today had proceedings discontinued against her for allegedly possessing a false identity document, without reasonable excuse. Our client, a dual national, was accused of being in possession of a false passport at Heathrow airport, where she was attempting to board a flight for a […]
