Criminal Justice Theft and Fraud Offences in UK Law
Leading Cases
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Ivey v Genting Casinos (UK) Ltd (trading as Crockfords)
... ... rise to such forfeit were defined as "any fraud, shift, cousenage, circumvention, deceit or ... ), and such was now recognised as a criminal offence attracting corporal punishment. The same ... was abolished by section 32(1) of the Theft Act 1968, except insofar as it consisted of ... Revision Committee on Theft and Related Offences (1966) (Cmnd 2977), which preceded the Act and ... ER 411 and section 76 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 ... 67 ... ...
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HM Revenue and Customs v Total Network SL
... ... trader intra-community, or carousel, fraud. Two questions need to be considered. The first ... provision supplements other common law offences with which the offender may be charged, including ... evasion who are subject to the criminal jurisdiction of the relevant part of the United ... ] AC 435 was in the Court of Session Lord Justice Clerk Aitchison said ( 1940 SC 141 , 155-156): ... 'a crime.' He might give as an example theft, obtaining money by false pretences, or assault ... ...
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Stone and Rolls Ltd ((in Liquidation)) v Moore Stephens (A Firm)
... ... The fraud was discovered and both S&R and Mr Stojevic were ... the parts of which - contract, tort, the criminal law - must be in essential harmony. For the ... the advantage of, contrary to the real justice as between him and the plaintiff, by accident, if ... language of section 2(1)(a) and (b) of the Theft Act 1968. For my part I do not think that the ... of claims by the company for redress for offences committed against the company: Belmont Finance, ... ...
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R v Preddy
... ... (ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL) (CRIMINAL DIVISION) ... 1 OPINIONS ... deception, contrary to section 15(1) of the Theft Act 1968. All three were sentenced to terms of ... to charge a person, accused of a mortgage fraud, with the offence of obtaining property by ... have already recorded, all charged with offences contrary to section 15(1) of the Act of 1968 ... Appeal under section 36 of the Criminal Justice Act 1972 is only available in cases where a ... ...
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Legislation
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Sentencing Act 2020
... ... Criminal Procedure Rules, and ... on an offender in respect of one or more offences until the date specified in the order, to enable ... restorative justice requirements ... 4 of the Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Act 2013 ... 137 as resulting from an offence under the Theft Act 1968 or Fraud Act 2006, or ... ...
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The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013
... ... of the document called “Banding of Offences in the Advocates’ Graduated Fee Scheme Justice; ... Theft Act 1968, s.10 ... Fraud by false representation ... ...
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Fraud Act 2006
... ... provision for, and in connection with, criminal liability for fraud and obtaining services ... 12: Liability of company officers for offences by company ... in the Theft Act 1968 (c. 60)— ... Criminal Justice Act 1993 (c 36) ... ...
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Theft Act 1968
... ... as to theft and similar or associated offences, and in connection therewith to make provision as to criminal proceedings by one party to a marriage against ... By Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), s. 101(1), Sch. 12 ... Fraud and blackmail ... 15: Obtaining property by ... ...
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Books & Journal Articles
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Ireland: The Celtic Tiger Bites — The Attack on the Proceeds of Crime
In 1996 the Irish legislature (the Oireacthas) enacted radical legislation as part of a new initiative to deal with organised crime, and with it a specialist agency, called the Criminal Assets Bure...... ... with it a specialist agency, called the Criminal Assets Bureau, to enforce the new provisions. In ... courts and is wholly outside the criminal justice system.5 However, this is not private litigation, ... Three separate money-laundering offences are created by s. 31 of the Criminal Justice Act ... Accordingly, theft and fraud are covered as well as fiscal offences, ... ...
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Book Review: The Theft Acts
... ... the jurisdiction of the Theft Act and other fraud offences(Part I Criminal Justice Act 1993) on ... ...
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Book Review: Blackstone's Criminal Practice 1995
... ... , andamendments to the jurisdiction of the Theft Act and other fraud offences(Part I Criminal ... ...
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Case commentaries
... ... article correctly described him as a criminal and a tax cheat. At the 2014 trial, the jury ... been arrested under section 30 of the offences against the state act for a scheduled offence ... the trial.Section 19 of Irelands Criminal Justice Act 1984, as amended in 2007, provides:(1) Where ... 12(1) (b)(3) of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud) Offences Act, 2001.And the particulars ... ...
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Law Firm Commentaries
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Economic Crime And Corporate Transparency Act 2023: Jurisdictional Scope Of The Failure To Prevent Fraud Offence
... ... The question of whether the UKBA bribery offences apply (from a ... jurisdictional perspective) to ... allow for part of any criminal conduct to take place overseas ... Theft Act 1968 (Theft Act) offences, namely: ... False ... by virtue of sections 1 - 2, Criminal Justice Act 1993 ... (CJA). A person can be guilty of ... ...
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UK Fraud - An Examination
... ... as "the quality of being deceitful; criminal deception; the using of false representations to ... Examples of the most common offences that are classed as fraud are as follows: ... cases show that the case of R v Cushion, Justice Williams said that fraud really means no more ... under Theft Act 1968 section 19 ... Obtaining property by ... ...
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Corporate Criminal Liability Reform: How Much Further Can The UK Go?
... ... later, on 14 November 2023, the Criminal Justice Bill (the bill) was introduced ... to the House ... offence.1 The relevant offences are certain economic ... crimes (as listed in ... such as fraud and theft. Under the act, a 'senior manager' ... ...
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The Fraud Act 2006: Has It Had Any Impact?
... ... change in the law of criminal fraud since the Theft Act 1968, came ... into ... there were too many specific fraud offences, defined with reference ... to different types of ... which allows justice to be done in each particular case? ... THE ... ...
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