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LIBOR manipulation claim stumbles

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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 5 2013

In Deutsche Bank AG v Unitech Global Limited 2013 EWHC 471 (Comm) Cooke J refused permission for the defendants to amend their defence and

FSA’s Enforcement and crime Division continues to deliver on its promises

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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 7 2011

'Credible deterrence' remained the FSA's enforcement buzz words in 2010

FSA delivers on AML promise

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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 28 2012

Following its thematic review and report on “Banks’ management of high money-laundering risk situations” published in June last year, the FSA on Monday announced that it has fined Coutts £8.75 million for anti-money laundering (AML) control failings

Illegality defence explored further

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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 2 2012

The illegality defence is based on legal policy designed to prevent a person who has been involved in some form of illegal conduct from enforcing their normal legal rights and from profiting from their own wrongs

The importance of document retention

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  • United Kingdom
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  • March 27 2007

The Court of Appeal decision in R v Stubbs highlights the importance of a company having an adequate document retention system in place

Contribution between a negligent defendant and fraudulent defendant

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 31 2009

A recent decision clarifies how the courts will approach issues of contribution, contributory negligence and apportionment, when assessing damages in negligence proceedings against a professional, where another defendant has been fraudulent

Can you lack integrity without being dishonest?

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 16 2011

An odd decision was published in a recent FSA Final Notice that found a firm and one of its individual accountants acted without integrity but not dishonestly

Dividends paid to ‘innocent’ shareholders by ‘criminal’ companies vulnerable to civil recovery

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
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  • January 17 2012

When Mabey & Johnson Limited’s parent received a dividend, little did it think that it would be vulnerable to civil recovery following the conviction of its subsidiary’s employees for corruption and breaches of UN sanctions

Real estate regulatory alert

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
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  • January 11 2012

The recent OFT Code of Practice on the conduct of its Anti Money Laundering (AML) visits is a timely reminder to agents that not only are you obliged to comply with the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 (the Regulations) but also that you may be subject to inspection by the OFT in relation to your level of compliance, and that there are both civil and criminal sanctions for noncompliance

Serious Organised Crime Agency v Perry and others (no 2)

  • RPC
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  • United Kingdom
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  • July 2 2012

In proceedings for a civil recovery order, the Serious Organised Crime Agency (the SOCA) had obtained a property freezing order under section 245A of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (the Act), freezing the defendants’ assets and property in the United Kingdom and abroad

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