Ten chambers have signed up to the pilot of Barco, the Bar Council’s third-party escrow account that will allow barristers to handle client money. It follows the Financial Services Authority     Read More

Rick Hone will never forget the morning of February 5, 2009. “I was in the car when I got a phone call from the office. The voice at the other     Read More

Judgement in POCA case of R -v- Waya. Full judgement here: http://www.crimeline.info/uploads/cases/waya.pdf

Norwich City Council is the first local authority in the country to use Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) 2002 against a Criminal landlord who failed to comply with HMO license     Read More

Lloyds security boss said she was entitled to £2.5million she stole from bank… and wants to retire to her French cottage Jessica Harper, 50, said she was entitled to the     Read More

The company suing one of Scotland’s richest oil tycoons and his businessman brother over an ­alleged fraud has agreed to a multi-million-pound out-of-court settlement. The deal, due to be ratified     Read More

The fraud defence team comprising, barrister Nigel Edwards of St. Pauls Chambers and Ian Anderson, solicitor for Opus Law  are delighted to announce the conclusion of a complex money laundering trial with a     Read More

Warrington-based Stobart Group’s new legal services business, which was launched in May, is performing well beyond expectations according to group legal director Trevor Howarth. Speaking to reporters in Manchester yesterday     Read More

Alternative business structures (ABSs) and tax liabilities mean that over 2,000 law firms are at risk of failure in the next 12 months, according to business recovery specialists. Using data     Read More

The Law Society’s criminal litigation accreditation scheme (CLAS) is redundant, has no influence on clients and plans for reaccreditation are strongly opposed by the profession, the body representing criminal law     Read More