Government confirms introduction of failure to prevent fraud offence

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The government has confirmed its intention to bring forward  a failure to prevent fraud offence in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill, when the latter is debated in the House of Lords. Neil Swift spoke to LexisPSL about the proposal, asking, among others, whether failure to prevent offences, and the underlying policy of making […]

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Supreme Court hears appeal in Republic of Mozambique ‘Hidden Debts’ litigation

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The Supreme Court will hear the appeal of Republic of Mozambique (acting through its Attorney General) (Appellant) v Privinvest Shipbuilding SAL (Holding) and Others (Respondents) (2021/0085) from 24 to 25 January 2023. The appeal arises out of ongoing litigation before the Commercial Court in which Peters & Peters has acted for the Republic of Mozambique […]

Fighting the fraud epidemic: ways to break the chain

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At the start of the new year, an unfortunate and dispiriting reality is starting to dawn: 2022 was the UK’s ‘Year of Fraud’. From headlines of the UK government having lost £16 billion to Covid 19 fraud, to the shocking truth that only one in every 1,000 criminal complaints for fraud results in a conviction, […]