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Tackling insider dealing, and achieving credible deterrence: FSA fines IT technician

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 7 2008

The FSA has fined John Shevlin, an IT technician, £85,000 for trading a contract for difference (CFD) referenced to the share price of the Body Shop International plc (the Body Shop) on the basis of inside information

The ECJ rules that "use" of inside information may be presumed when a person in possession of such information deals

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Belgium, European Union
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  • March 18 2010

The European Court of Justice's judgment in the case of Spector Photo Group and Van Raemdonck v Commissie voor het Bank-, Financie- en Assurantiewezen (CBFA) (Case C- 4508) reached a number of conclusions about the Market Abuse Directive ("the Directive") and its interpretation which may impact on the way in which European regulators approach enforcement action

High Court grants injunction against BAE settlement

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • March 10 2010

In February 2010, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and the US Department of Justice (DoJ) both announced details of settlements with BAE Systems plc (BAE) in a groundbreaking global agreement

Nigel Thorne required to repay payments made to his family

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 3 2010

On 28 May 2010, Southwark Crown Court ordered Nigel Thorne to pay £198,090

R v Innospec Limited SFO judicially criticised over Innospec global settlement

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 13 2010

On 26 March 2010, Lord Justice Thomas handed down a sentencing judgment for Innospec Limited, which had pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to corrupt

Denial of input VAT deduction for failure to identify a connection with VAT fraud Court of Appeal in Mobilx rejects HMRC test of knowledge but requires traders to consider the circumstances of each trade or transaction

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 18 2010

It was reported on 7 September 2010 that HMRC have identified the first cases of attempted VAT fraud in the wholesale gas and power markets

Temporal arguments exclude majority of construction company's claims under TurkeyJordan BIT

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Jordan, Turkey
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  • June 7 2010

ATA v Jordan concerned a claim relating to interference with an arbitration award by the Jordanian courts

Court refuses application to grant CAAT and the Corner House permission to judicially review the SFO's decision to settle with BAE

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
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  • April 13 2010

The Honourable Mr Justice Collins has announced his decision to refuse to grant permission to the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) and the Corner House to bring a full judicial review of the decision by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to enter a plea agreement with BAE relating to an offence under the Companies Act 1985 and to drop the balance of its investigation

New legal principle on combating money-laundering in the UAE

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
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  • February 23 2011

The Dubai Court of Cassation has established a new legal principle on combating money-laundering

Prison sentence for failure to comply with court order obtained by FSA and FSA

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 23 2011

Francois de Dietrich has been sentenced to an 18 month prison sentence by the High Court in Northern Ireland