News in brief
Halima Aziz—a Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) lawyer— has been awarded £600,000, after being wrongly accused of inciting a riot. Aziz was alleged to have blamed Jews for the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks and expressed anti-American sentiments, while outside Bradford Magistrates in October 2001. She was suspended from duty, but in 2002 cleared of the allegations. The employment tribunal accepted that the remarks had not been made.
Thomson Hayton Winkley strengthens family law team
Construction lawyer returns to Ward Hadaway in Teesside role
Bird Bird hires leading legal transformation expert
Jonathan Fisher KC highlights that it now accounts for around 40% of criminal offences, with roughly 70% involving technology, and argues that the UK cannot simply prosecute its way out of the problem. Detection, investigation and prosecution all require improvement, while different fraud types demand tailored responses.
