Prosecutors are weighing charges over the Grenfell Tower fire after a nine-year police investigation, but lawyers say that building criminal cases from the evidence will be difficult because of the potential number of defendants and complex chains of responsibility.
Proposals to reward whistleblowers for information could put the Serious Fraud Office back on boardroom agendas, despite the controversy and practical hurdles facing the government's proposed incentive program, lawyers say.
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Lawyers and MPs are calling for an externally-led investigation into the handling by the Financial Conduct Authority of whistleblower Simon Andriesz before his recent suicide, the latest in a series of controversies over its treatment of whistleblowers.
Lawyers say they expect more people to claim compensation for silicosis developed as a result of exposure in the workplace amid a rise in regulatory action and diagnoses of the incurable progressive lung condition.
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Prosecutors are weighing charges over the Grenfell Tower fire after a nine-year police investigation, but lawyers say that building criminal cases from the evidence will be difficult because of the potential number of defendants and complex chains of responsibility.
Proposals to reward whistleblowers for information could put the Serious Fraud Office back on boardroom agendas, despite the controversy and practical hurdles facing the government's proposed incentive program, lawyers say.
Lawyers and MPs are calling for an externally-led investigation into the handling by the Financial Conduct Authority of whistleblower Simon Andriesz before his recent suicide, the latest in a series of controversies over its treatment of whistleblowers.
Lawyers say they expect more people to claim compensation for silicosis developed as a result of exposure in the workplace amid a rise in regulatory action and diagnoses of the incurable progressive lung condition.
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October 13, 2026
The U.K. government has reaffirmed its commitment to increasing the size of the magistracy by 50% and lifting the cap on Crown Court sitting days as it embraced the overwhelming majority of recommendations from an independent review to tackle backlogs and other problems in the criminal court system.
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October 13, 2026
A Singapore-based petroleum company asked a London appellate court on Tuesday to impose a worldwide freezing order on its former chief executive and "de facto" chief financial officer.
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October 13, 2026
Three people have been arrested following an operation targeting an alleged criminal insider dealing and money laundering ring, the Financial Conduct Authority said Tuesday.
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October 13, 2026
The Serious Fraud Office urged companies Tuesday to self-report wrongdoing to improve their chances of securing deferred prosecution agreements, as the agency laid out plans to make it easier for companies to admit misconduct.
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October 13, 2026
Meta told a court on Tuesday that the communications watchdog wrongly gave itself the power to impose penalties on social media companies at an "unprecedented level of magnitude" under the Online Safety Act.
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October 13, 2026
Two business units of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group have agreed to settle six separate disputes with aircraft leasing companies that have been wrangling over payment for planes and engines stranded in Russia since the country's invasion of Ukraine.
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October 13, 2026
Two financial advisers have pleaded guilty to fraud after four clients lost £2 million ($2.6 million) in a case involving false documents and misused money, the Financial Conduct Authority said Tuesday.
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October 13, 2026
Chinese law must determine whether fraud victims are owed a share of more than £5 billion ($7 billion) in seized cryptocurrency, a London court has ruled, improving the U.K.'s chances of retaining the record haul.
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October 13, 2026
A tribunal has delayed the Financial Conduct Authority's motor finance compensation program until February 2027 to allow for the use of expert evidence and to require the regulator to disclose more detail of its redress calculations.
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October 12, 2026
The Serious Fraud Office gave company boardrooms on Tuesday a direct line to its head of legal services to speed up settlement discussions, hours after the government said it would press ahead with plans to pay whistleblowers for intelligence on misconduct.
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October 12, 2026
The investment arm of Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris' family told a London court Monday that it is owed approximately $150 million after it was duped into pouring millions into a foreign exchange business that was secretly controlled by outsiders using it to "milk" fees.
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October 12, 2026
The makers of hit TV show "The Great British Bake Off" have denied that a former head producer was contractually entitled to incentive payments, arguing that her alleged financial misconduct disqualified her from a final £755,752 ($998,000) payout.
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October 12, 2026
Justice Colin Birss has warned judges in England and Wales that they must not allow artificial intelligence to replace their own decision-making.
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October 12, 2026
A collapsed property marketing business has been found liable for mis-selling luxury care home leases to dozens of retirees and small-scale investors who lost £2.8 million ($3.7 million) when the developments failed.
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October 12, 2026
The Financial Conduct Authority has banned a former NASA scientist from working in the financial services sector, after he was imprisoned for a £1 million ($1.3 million) investment fraud.
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October 12, 2026
Harbottle & Lewis LLP said Monday that it has launched a white-collar and corporate crime practice by hiring an Eversheds Sutherland partner who was also a Financial Conduct Authority prosecutor.
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October 12, 2026
The government launched a consultation Monday on a proposed Serious Fraud Office program to financially reward individuals who report economic crime as part of a wider review of the country's whistleblowing framework.
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October 09, 2026
The past week in London has seen PrivatBank sue its former oligarch owner, building materials provider Kingspan face a €100 million ($112 million) claim over Grenfell Tower cladding and energy giants VaroPreem and Viaro Energy become embroiled in an intellectual property row.
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October 09, 2026
Manchester City's breaches of the Premier League's financial rules could trigger a protracted legal battle involving litigation from rival clubs, drawn-out appeals and unprecedented sanctions, lawyers say.
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October 09, 2026
A law firm owned by Seddons GSC has defeated a Luxembourg-based bank's claim that it conspired with a Russian media tycoon to avoid repaying £10 million ($13.2 million) in debt.
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October 09, 2026
An English appeals court threw out on Friday the conviction of a former Deutsche Bank trader who had pleaded guilty to fraud for rigging benchmark interest rates, becoming the latest in a series of bankers to have their convictions overturned.
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October 08, 2026
European authorities detained 62 people in Portugal, Spain and Italy who are suspected of a value-added tax fraud involving electronics that caused at least €410 million ($460 million) in tax losses across the European Union, prosecutors said.
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October 08, 2026
A judge said on Thursday that the warrants used by police to raid Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's homes were unlawful, adding that the criminal investigation into whether he shared sensitive information with Jeffrey Epstein can still go ahead.
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October 08, 2026
Visa and Mastercard are facing a collective action from U.K. businesses seeking more than £700 million ($925 million) in compensation over allegedly excessive fees charged on card payments after Brexit, a former official at the Competition and Markets Authority said Thursday.
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October 08, 2026
The former chief executive of collapsed lender Market Financial Solutions avoided on Thursday an imminent hearing over claims he funneled millions of pounds from a financial intermediary linked to MFS into companies he owned and controlled.