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Recent developments in anti-corruption enforcement

  • Arnold & Porter LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 15 2013

The most significant development of the end of 2012 and the first quarter of 2013 has been in the ongoing international criminal and regulatory

Shah and anor v HSBC Private Bank (UK) Limited 2010 EWCA Civ 31

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 16 2010

In December 2009, Hamblen J gave a summary judgment in the case of Shah and Another v HSBC Private Bank (UK) Limited against Mr Shah (and his wife

Suspicious minds - getting caught in a trap - Jayesh Shah and anor v HSBC Private Bank (UK) Limited

  • Ogier
  • -
  • Jersey, United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 25 2010

On 4 February 2010, the English Court of Appeal delivered a judgment in the above case, which acts as a warning, in particular to banks (but also to other financial service providers) regarding the possibility of having to disclose evidence relating to andor justify in court, suspicions upon which a suspicious activity report (SAR) was filed and which lead to a refusal to act on client instructions

Azevedo & Anor v Imcopa Importacao, Exportaacao e Industria de Oleos Ltda & Ors 2012 EWHC 1849

  • Wong Partnership
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • August 31 2012

In 2006, a subsidiary of a Brazilian company issued US$100 million in principal amount of notes, guaranteed by its parent and constituted by a trust deed

Money laundering: High Court confirms right to delay the execution of payment instructions and right to refuse to provide information regarding the delay

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 31 2012

In Jayesh Shah and another v HSBC Private Bank (UK) Ltd (2012) the High Court rejected the claim of Jayesh Shah and his wife Ms Shaleetha Mahabeer ("Shah") that the defendant, HSBC Private Bank (UK) Ltd (the "Bank"), had acted improperly by refusing to follow payment instructions whilst awaiting consent from the Serious Organised Crime Agency ("SOCA") in respect of a Suspicious Activity Report ("SAR") and also found that the Bank had no obligation to provide information to its customers concerning its refusal to act on instructions

BTA Bank ruling highlights important developments in cross-border fraud law

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 30 2012

Following an important Court of Appeal decision handed down this month in one of the biggest fraud cases ever to come before the English courts (JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov), the former chairman of BTA Bank, Mukhtar Ablyazov, is to be debarred from defending BTA's fraud claims, which have a combined value of more than US$6 billion

Financial institutions e-briefing: secured recoveries update: professional negligencetitle rectificationmortgage fraud

  • Eversheds LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 14 2013

In our April 2012 Briefing we reported on the first instance decision of Catherine Newman QC in the matter of Nationwide Building Society v Davisons

On the horizon for 2013

  • Dentons
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 17 2013

Our experts select the highlights likely to impact businesses in the UK generally, so you can check quickly

FSDR e-briefing: breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, bribery and dishonest assistance consequences for employees and agents

  • Eversheds LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 20 2012

The Bank of Ireland brought claims, primarily for breach of fiduciary duty, bribery, fraud and dishonest assistance against one of its employees Mr Jaffery (ā€œJā€) and an agent of some of the Bank's customers Mr Gill (ā€œGā€

Serious consequences for misleading the court

  • Wragge & Co LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 28 2012

The long running saga of JSC BTA Bank v Granton Trade Ltd & others, relates to the alleged fraud of a Kazakhstan bank by its former chairman and majority shareholder of $1 billion