Conspiracy to Defraud in UK Law
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Conspiracy to Defraud: Gilmore Decision Highlights Gap in UK Extradition Law
In the USA, conspiracy to defraud is a statutory offence. Title 18, US Code, s. 371, the general conspiracy statute, provides that:
- Conspiracy to Defraud: The Threshold Standardisation
- Conspiracy to Defraud: A Clarification of the Sentencing Approach
- The Fame, Fortunes and Future of the ‘Rump of the Common Law’: Conspiracy to Defraud and English Law (Part 1)
- The Fame, Fortunes and Future of the ‘Rump of the Common Law’: Conspiracy to Defraud and Australian Law (Part 2)
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Resisting the Long Arm of Criminal Antitrust Laws: Norris v The United States
This note analyses the judgment of the House of Lords in the case Norris v USA, and argues that its ruling on whether mere price‐fixing can amount to a common law conspiracy to defraud will have a ...... ... ruling on whether mere price-¢xi ng can amount to a common law conspiracy to defraud will have a signi¢cant e¡ect on bo th US and UK criminal ... ...
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Fraud—The Latest Law Commission Proposals
This article examines the latest Law Commission proposals for replacing conspiracy to defraud with statutory offences. The Report proposes a general offence of fraud which can be committed three wa...... ... examines the latest Law Commission proposals for replacing conspiracy to defraud with statutory offences. The Report pro- poses a general ... ...
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Legal update
The decision of the House of Lords in the Preddy appeal has led to a string of appeals against conviction to the Court of Appeal from individuals convicted under s.15 Theft Act 1968. On 25th Octobe...... ... Theft Act 1978 (a less attractive option after R v Halai 1983); conspiracy to defraud; attempts. However, the Law Commission has pub-lished proposals ... ...
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Fraudulent Arson: Operation Nero and Beyond
The scries of trials arising out of the Metropolitan Police investigation into arson and other insurance frauds under the name Operation Nero concluded in early 1998. The central figure was loss as...... ... three years' imprisonment for several offences of conspiring to defraud involving bogus burglaries, and another assessor and a jeweller who ... the East End of London, and a further five years on charges of conspiracy to defraud insurers, to run concur-rently. The owner of the warehouse also ... ...
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Market abuse, fraud and misleading communications
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyse the nature and content of the laws relating to market abuse with a view to determining whether they only offer a civil law remedy for the State. The...... ... relevant areasof law, namely the Fraud Act 2006, the law of conspiracy to defraud and the law relating to misleadingcommunications under s.397 of ... ...
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