Conspiracy to Defraud in UK Law

  • R v Ghosh
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 05 Abril 1982
    ... ... that the subjective test is appropriate where the charge is conspiracy to defraud, but in the case of thef, the test should be objective. We ... ...
  • Paragon Finance Plc v DB Thakerar & Company
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 21 Julio 1998
    ... ... for leave to amend their pleadings in order to allege fraud, conspiracy to defraud, fraudulent breach of trust and intentional breach of fiduciary ... ...
  • Ivey v Genting Casinos (UK) Ltd (trading as Crockfords)
    • Supreme Court
    • 25 Octubre 2017
    ... ... offence of obtaining by false pretences with intent to cheat or defraud (see section 53 Larceny Act 1827, 7 & 8 Geo 4 c 29). Section 17 was ... The charge was not cheating at common law but conspiracy to defraud. The substantial issue before the House of Lords was whether ... ...
  • Scott v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis
    • House of Lords
    • 20 Noviembre 1974
    ... ... He was charged in 15, of which six charged him with conspiracy ... 3 The first count was as follows: " Statement of Offence " 1st Count Conspiracy to Defraud Particulars of Offence "Terence John Avery, Reginald James Thomas ... ...
  • Bilta (UK) Ltd (in Liquidation) v Nazir
    • Supreme Court
    • 22 Abril 2015
    ... ... that the four defendants were parties to an unlawful means conspiracy to injure Bilta by a fraudulent scheme, which involved Messrs Chopra and ... they organised and participated in a conspiracy to "defraud and injure [Bilta] … by trading in carbon credits and dealing with the ... ...
  • Rank Film Distributors Ltd v Video Information Centre
    • House of Lords
    • 08 Abril 1981
    ... ... Dawson is in course of being prosecuted on charges of alleged conspiracy to defraud. He did not take the present proceedings to the Court of Appeal ... ...
  • Norris v Government of the United States of America
    • House of Lords
    • 12 Marzo 2008
    ... ... contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several states, or with ... of English offences, it was alleged that Mr Norris conspired to "defraud buyers of carbon products by dishonestly entering into an agreement to ... ...
  • R v Preddy
    • House of Lords
    • 10 Julio 1996
    ... ... a case where the defendant by any false pretence "with intent to defraud … causes or procures any money to be paid … to himself or to any other ... is to be found in the Law Commission's Report, Criminal Law: Conspiracy to Defraud (Law Com. No. 228) (1994), p. 39 , n. 83. It involves ... ...
  • Standard Chartered Bank v Pakistan National Shipping Corporation and Others
    • House of Lords
    • 06 Noviembre 2002
    ... ... and, through him, the haulage company were convicted of conspiracy to defraud. His acts "were the acts of the company and the fraud of that ... ...
  • R v Beck
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 02 Diciembre 1981
    ... ... a trial lasting some 6 weeks, the appellant was convicted of a conspiracy to defraud. The substance of the charge was that he, together with one ... ...
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