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16 March 2022
Issue: 7971 / Categories: Legal News , Criminal
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Help fight fraud

A call for evidence on ways to tackle fraud has been issued by the House of Lords Committee on the Fraud Act 2006 and Digital Fraud
Legal professionals and victims of fraud are invited to submit their views by midday on 22 April. The committee will look at how Fraud Act provisions are used in practice, the potential for legislative reform, how the Act applies to online and digital fraud and what more needs to be done. Committee chair Baroness Morgan said the amount of fraud being committed was ‘horrifying’. Read more here.
Issue: 7971 / Categories: Legal News , Criminal
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok

Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok

Clyde Co strengthens energy transition and construction offering with hire of Suriya Ashok

Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon

Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon

Jurit appoints rare dual-qualified lawyer to expand Anglo-French private wealth expertise

NEWS
The Financial Reporting Council’s revised Audit Enforcement Procedure will alter the balance of power in corporate investigations
A telecoms operator may be able to hold over under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, yet still be unable to secure a renewal: an outcome described as a legal ‘paradox’

Safety fears do not automatically justify shutting an interested person out of a statutory will application

Consumer credit law is heading for its biggest shake-up in 50 years, with the Consumer Credit Act 1974 set to yield much of its detailed statutory machinery to FCA rules
The Supreme Court has settled a long-running dispute over part-time workers: unfavourable treatment need be a significant or effective cause, not the sole cause
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