Fraudulent Transfer of Property in UK Law
Leading Cases
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Martin J. Halley and The Law Society
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The submission, as I understand it, is that this is not simply a case of a valid contract being induced by fraud; but that the fraud so infected the whole transaction that it had no legal effect at all. The "contracts" were in reality no more than devices to extract money by fraud; in Mr Dutton's words -
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Legislation
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Bankruptcy (Ireland) Amendment Act 1872
......, and to the assignees, creditors, debts, property, allowances, and offences of insolvents, shall be ...fraudulent conveyance, gift, delivery, or transfer of. his ......
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Larceny Act 1861
......, Warrant or Order for the Delivery or Transfer of any. Goods or valuable Thing, Bought and Sold ... . The Term ‘Property’ shall include every Description of Real and ... S-3 . Bailees fraudulently converting Property guilty of Larceny. 3 ......
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Companies Act 1862
...... be Personal Estate, capable of being transferred in manner provided by the Regulations of the ... and Charges specifically affecting Property of the Company, and shall enter in such Register ...S-164 . Fraudulent Preference. 164 Fraudulent Preference. . 164. ......
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Bankruptcy Act 1914
......assignment of his property to a trustee or trustees for. the benefit of his ...) If in England or elsewhere he makes a fraudulent conveyance,. gift, delivery, or transfer of his ......
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Books & Journal Articles
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Piercing the Corporate Veil: Shareholder Liability for Corporate Torts
......, where the shareholder of corporation A transfers A’s assets to a newly established corporation ...Successor lia bility is akin to fraudulent conveyance, which is discussed below. A more ... a transfer of property to fr ustrate a creditor’s claim by putting ......
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Of ‘Landmark’ or ‘Leading’ Cases: Salomon's Challenge
This article seeks to question the two dominant conceptions of ‘landmark’ or ‘leading’ cases in English legal scholarship, using the House of Lords decision in Salomon v. Salomon Co Ltd. – the most......... law, contract law, criminal law, property, torts, and so on. The aims of such series ... once shares became easily marketable and transferable in the stock market in 1850, the legal nature ... to companies were caused by fraudulent promoters: Hannah, op. cit., n. 83, p. 19. The ......
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Predicting fraudulent financial reporting using artificial neural network
Purpose: This paper aims to explore the effectiveness of an artificial neural network (ANN) in predicting fraudulent financial reporting in small market capitalization companies in Malaysia. Desig.........Each of these neurons has its own memory, capability of transferring theinformation and communications with other neurons through one-way ... network is itself non-linear.Non-linearity is a very important property, particularly, if the relationship between inputand output is inherently ......
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Fraudulent Conversion
......; General Secretary, Incorporated Auctioneers and Landed Property Agents. T HAT ' Prevention is better than cure' is an old but ... other person with any power of attorney for the sale or transfer of any property, fraudulently sells, transfers, or otherwise converts ......
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Law Firm Commentaries
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Supplies Of Goods To Customers Fraudulently Using A Bank Card Are Subject To VAT Where The Card Provider Pays For Those Goods
...... whether the physical transfer of goods to a purchaser who used a bank card fraudulently constitutes a ... VAT purposes is objective in nature and only requires that the property is transferred from one party to another in such a way that the recipient ......
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When cyber fraud strikes: Delineating coverage if employees are duped
The growth and sophistication of modern fraud and cyber security attacks has necessitated adaptable countermeasures by for-profit and non-profit organizations alike....... considered the limits of a funds transfer fraud policy (“Policy”). In August 2010, ... . . The fraudulent written, electronic, telegraphic, cable, teletype ... or surrendered money, securities or property in exchange or on purchase to a third party, not ......
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Solicitors Found Negligent When Failing To Register A Property Transfer That Facilitated Fraud
...If solicitors fail to do their job properly, with the result that a fraudulent transaction is not carried out as intended, are the solicitors still liable?. Stoffel & Co v Maria Grondona [2018] EWCA Civ 2031. In a recent ......
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How To Protect Your Property From Fraudsters
...... the registered owner or the presentation of forged documents to transfer the property into the fraudster's own name. Fraudsters attempting to ... Owners may be particularly vulnerable from fraudulent activity where:. a property is bought to let or is tenanted a property ......
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