26 April 2022
The English Court: A Fraudster’s Crypto-nite
The English High Court, in Mr Dollar Bill Limited v Persons Unknown and Others [2021] EWHC 2718 (Ch), has once again come to the rescue for victims of fraud – this time armed with a Norwich Pharmacal Order to be served outside the jurisdiction.

10 January 2022
Civil Fraud Quarterly Round-Up: Q4 2021
A Civil Fraud quarterly round-up (4th quarter 2021)

16 September 2021
‘De-risking’ and financial exclusion
Rebecca Niblock and Mary Young follow on from an article they wrote in September 2020 about whether there should be a right to banking, and the possibly unintended consequences of banking facilities being withdrawn or frozen.

17 February 2021
£26 billion fraud: The other side of the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Schemes
We have previously examined how the Government’s Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Schemes (the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS), Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) and Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS)(together the “Schemes”) work. A report issued by the Public Accounts Committee on 10 December 2020 highlights the darker side of the Schemes and what it is costing the UK taxpayer.

23 November 2020
Firms brace for negligence impact
Accounting firms should be bracing themselves for a rise in professional negligence claims as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
