Criminal Justice Theft and Fraud Offences in UK Law
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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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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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R v Waya (Terry)
... ... such offenders of the proceeds of their criminal conduct. Its purposes are to punish convicted ... , to deter the commission of further offences and to reduce the profits available to fund ... In the meantime Part VI of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 ("the 1988 Act") had extended the range ... case is one of money lent because of fraud, but subsequently repaid in full and always fully ... deception, contrary to section 15A of the Theft Act 1968, one relating to each of the mortgages ... ...
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Brown v Stott (Procurator Fiscal, Dunfermline)
... ... She was charged with theft and taken to the police station, but before ... 2 The respondent was prosecuted for two offences: theft; and driving a car after consuming ... and 6 and 7 January 2000 before the Lord Justice General (Lord Rodger of Earlsferry), Lord Marnoch ... being questioned in the course of a criminal investigation ( 2000 SLT 379 at pp. 384-387) ... v. Director of Serious Fraud Office , Ex parte Smith [1993] AC 1 at p. 40 ... ...
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Bishopsgate Investment Management Ltd v Maxwell; Cooper v Maxwell; Mirror Group Newspapers Plc v Maxwell
... ... Lord Justice Dillon ... Lord Justice Stuart-Smith ... Lord ... Levitt criminal charges had already been brought against the ... the plaintiffs' property and damages for fraud, with other relief ... 9 In that action, an ... 34 Thus, section 31 of the Theft Act 1968 provides that a person shall not be ... That section is, however, limited to offences under the Theft Act, and so it has no application ... ...
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Istel (AT & T) Ltd v Tully
... ... tend to expose him to proceedings for a criminal offence. The plaintiffs' claim in these gs is based on allegations of a complicated fraud said to have been perpetrated by the first ... 19 By section 31 of the Theft Act 1968:- ... "(1) A ... 27 By section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 the Director of the Serious Fraud Office ... subsequently charged inter alia, with offences under section 1(1) of the Criminal Law Act 1977 ... ...
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DPP v Stonehouse
... ... (on Appeal from the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)) [1977] UKHL J0630-2 ... charging him with sixteen complete offences of dishonesty and forgery and five offences of ... was that defined in section 15 of the Theft Act 1968. Since it will be necessary to analyse ... This cynical view of justice and the jury system is inconsistent with the test ... to obtain on his behalf the fruits of his fraud. Neither he nor the company in Jersey are likely ... ...
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Lauri Love v The Government of the United States of America
... ... THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE ... THE HONOURABLE Mr Justice Ouseley ... and treatment, and the possibility of criminal proceedings being taken against him in the UK for the offences for which his extradition is sought. These are ... ) and one count of aggravated identity theft (2 years maximum but could be consecutive); ... computer and to commit access device fraud (5 years maximum), six counts of damaging a ... ...
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Saunders v Edwards
... ... Lord Justice Kerr ... Lord Justice Nicholls ... Lord ... admitting that they had been parties to a fraud, or an attempted fraud, on the revenue by seeking ... , apart from this and possible criminal offences, the consequence for buyers may well be ... The theft is totally unconnected with the burglary. There ... ...
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