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Client Alert: UK Supreme Court Decision in R v Hayes/Palombo

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Last week the United Kingdom’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced that, as a result of the UK Supreme Court's decision in R v Hayes/Palombo, a number of convictions arising from allegations of manipulation of well-known key...more

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UK: “Duty of retrieval” rejected: why banks do not owe a duty to recover funds lost through APP fraud

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Banking fraud of all types is an ever increasing problem in today’s society, and takes a multitude of forms. On a basic level, frauds can be divided into two types. Unauthorised fraud, where the victim does not provide...more

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UK Supreme Court Ruling in El-Khouri: Defining the Territorial Boundaries of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

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The ruling, which narrows the UK’s jurisdiction over money laundering offences, will impact how cross-border money laundering offences are prosecuted going forward....more

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Newcomer Injunctions – a Tool in the Fight Against Crypto Fraud?

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On 29 November 2023, the UK Supreme Court (the “UKSC”) handed down its decision in Wolverhampton City Council and others (Respondents) v London Gypsies and Travellers and others (Appellants). In that case the UKSC thoroughly...more

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KBR – no paradigm shift for the SFO. We look back at what is.

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Much has been made of the Supreme Court's decision earlier this month in KBR, Inc. v Director of the Serious Fraud Office, in which it confirmed the limits on UK authorities' reach overseas in anti-corruption investigations....more

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UK Supreme Court upholds first successful claim for breach of the "Quincecare" duty financial institutions owe their customers

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In Singularis Holdings Ltd (In Official Liquidation) v Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Ltd ([2019] UKSC 50), the Supreme Court upheld the first successful claim in negligence by a customer of a financial institution for breach...more

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UK Supreme Court Upholds First Successful Claim for Breach of Quincecare Duty

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In a leading case, the Court examined the extent of the duty of care that a bank owes to its customers when executing their orders. On 30 October 2019, the UK Supreme Court dismissed Daiwa’s appeal in the case of...more

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