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  • Saturday, 5 October, 2024
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    Why it took 25 years to solve the greatest prison break in British history

    The unlikely story of the trio behind Soviet agent George Blake’s infamous bolt from Wormwood Scrubs

  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    Head of UK Competition Appeal Tribunal to step down after rebuke for serious misconduct

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  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
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  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
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    Tech group to roll out channel for sharing of transaction intelligence

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  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
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    Aircraft owners prepare for ‘mega trial’ in dispute with insurers over planes stuck in Russia

    AIG, Chubb and Lloyd’s of London among those facing multibillion-dollar claim

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  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
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    Opus Dei leaders accused over ‘extreme exploitation’ of women in Argentina

    Catholic group subjected 44 women to a life ‘comparable to servitude’, prosecutor’s report says

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  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
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  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
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  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    UK banks
    UK banks divided over charging scam victims £100 for reimbursement

    New fraud rules will see some lenders dock customers’ compensation while others waive charges

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  • Sunday, 29 September, 2024
    Serious Fraud Office UK
    SFO boss predicts more plea-style deals under new UK fraud law

    Nick Ephgrave says ‘failure to prevent’ wrongdoing offence may spur ‘uptick’ in deferred prosecution agreements

    Nick Ephgrave, director of the Serious Fraud Office
  • Saturday, 28 September, 2024
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    UK banks more likely to pay out fraud compensation than overseas rivals

    Survey shows half of UK fraud victims gain at least a partial refund for their losses

  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    UK immigration
    UK settles legal aid fee dispute with immigration lawyers

    Law firm Duncan Lewis drops case against government after justice secretary agrees to review pay

    Criminal defence barristers gather outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London to protest over legal aid fee rates
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    Russian businessman loses London lawsuit against sanctioned oligarch Andrey Guryev

    Alexander Gorbachev had claimed he was entitled to a stake in PhosAgro

    High court in London
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    Eric Adams
    NYC mayor Eric Adams accused of taking bribes and gifts from Turkish sources

    Federal prosecutors charge Democrat leader of largest US city in criminal case

    Eric Adams
  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    Caroline Ellison
    Caroline Ellison gets 2-year prison sentence for FTX fraud

    Sam Bankman-Fried’s former associate and girlfriend had co-operated with prosecutors since pleading guilty

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