A celebrity's failed attempt to block reporting of sexual misconduct allegations solely on grounds of suicide risk has narrowed a potentially significant new avenue for restricting press freedom, lawyers say.
A ruling by an English appeals court that sanctions do not wipe out the rights of creditors has drawn a boundary around the government's powers — though lawyers warn that the restrictions still leave those rights worth much less in practice.
Crypto privacy tools are making it harder for U.K. authorities to combat money launderers and sanctions evaders, say lawyers who warn it bodes ill for the Financial Conduct Authority's new crypto regime.
Growth in artificial intelligence combined with the easing of mortgage rules by the Financial Conduct Authority will accelerate fraud risks for lenders and put senior manager accountability to new tests, lawyers have warned.
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A celebrity's failed attempt to block reporting of sexual misconduct allegations solely on grounds of suicide risk has narrowed a potentially significant new avenue for restricting press freedom, lawyers say.
A ruling by an English appeals court that sanctions do not wipe out the rights of creditors has drawn a boundary around the government's powers — though lawyers warn that the restrictions still leave those rights worth much less in practice.
Crypto privacy tools are making it harder for U.K. authorities to combat money launderers and sanctions evaders, say lawyers who warn it bodes ill for the Financial Conduct Authority's new crypto regime.
Growth in artificial intelligence combined with the easing of mortgage rules by the Financial Conduct Authority will accelerate fraud risks for lenders and put senior manager accountability to new tests, lawyers have warned.
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November 10, 2026
A former civil servant has been convicted of fraud for being dishonest in job applications over his juggling of five full-time government roles simultaneously at one point.
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November 10, 2026
An amateur trader has been handed a two-year suspended sentence by a London court for faking a £154 million ($205 million) takeover bid for a Canadian oil company in an effort to boost its share price.
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November 10, 2026
Businessman and ex-solicitor Mohamed Amersi said that the daughter of the then-Uzbekistani president was not a "bribeable person" and instead extorted funds as he denied involvement in corruption at a London trial on Tuesday.
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November 10, 2026
False instructions to lawyers, forged compliance forms and knowingly untrue witness statements helped unravel the cover stories of bankers, executives and their intermediaries in Kuwait's $1 billion pension fund corruption case.
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November 10, 2026
Switzerland's financial regulator said Tuesday that it has finalized changes to its rules against money laundering, updating requirements to reflect recent amendments to national legislation ahead of a Financial Action Task Force review.
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November 10, 2026
LetterOne, an investment group founded by Russian billionaires, told the U.K. Supreme Court on Tuesday that the government unlawfully deprived it of the market value of a broadband business by forcing its sale on national security grounds without adequate compensation.
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November 10, 2026
The Crown Prosecution Service unlawfully refused to disclose personal data requested by a man fighting extradition to the U.S., a London judge has ruled while refusing to order the agency to hand over the information.
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November 09, 2026
Business groups including the Confederation of British Industry have urged the government to keep the City of London Police force independent, warning that merging it with the Metropolitan Police could undermine specialist expertise in tackling economic crime and fraud.
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November 09, 2026
A political donor and businessman said at a London libel trial that the BBC had wrongly accused him of possibly knowingly being involved in business deals in Nepal that involved corrupt payments to secure the favor of an oligarch connected to the country's Maoist ruling party.
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November 09, 2026
The founder and former chief executive of collapsed FTSE 100 hospital operator NMC knowingly participated in a multibillion-dollar fraud, an Abu Dhabi court has ruled, setting $5.4 billion as the starting point for assessing how much they must pay.
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November 09, 2026
A financial adviser is suing his former business partner for allegedly concealing a scheme to inflate employees' salaries to help them secure mortgages before selling his stakes in the two men's businesses to the adviser for £2.5 million ($3.4 million).
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November 09, 2026
Russell Brand was sentenced on Monday to 10-and-a-half years imprisonment for rape and sexual assault, as a judge noted the actor and comedian was a "sexual predator" who showed "contempt" for his victims.
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November 06, 2026
German financier Lars Windhorst told a London court in a hearing Friday that a brokerage that his company Tennor Holding BV was ordered to pay €27 million ($30 million) could "take the keys" to Tennor's offices to enforce the debt.
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November 06, 2026
A landfill operator has sued a waste management services supplier for £6.46 million ($9 million), accusing the supplier of "gaming" the system by falsely claiming that waste it delivered qualified for lower landfill tax rates.
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November 06, 2026
The past week in London has seen Samsung sue Petrofac and its administrators, building materials giant Kingspan hit with two financial list claims by dozens of institutional investors, and Boehringer Ingelheim file a patent claim against fellow pharmaceutical company Sandoz amid ongoing conflict surrounding its empagliflozin type 2 diabetes drug.
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November 06, 2026
Mex Group's former general counsel argued in court Friday that the restrictions preventing him from communicating with his ex-employer's litigation opponents did not prevent him from discussing information already in the public domain.
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November 06, 2026
U.S. prosecutors said Thursday they have charged three men, including one facing extradition from London, for allegedly defrauding companies of $129 million through a scheme that used AI to impersonate executives and U.K. lawyers.
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November 06, 2026
Governments, financial institutions and technology companies must cooperate more closely and accelerate information sharing to disrupt criminal networks behind "industrial-scale" online scam centers, a global standards setter has warned.
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November 05, 2026
Thirteen individuals were arrested in Germany and Austria over links to a cross-border value-added tax fraud scheme involving luxury vehicles that caused an estimated €100 million ($112 million) in tax losses, the European Public Prosecutor's Office said Thursday.
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November 05, 2026
Greater Manchester Police has arrested two people as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged fraud worth more than £1 million ($1.3 million) at the University of Greater Manchester.
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November 05, 2026
Kuwait's pensions authority can recover almost $1 billion after its former director orchestrated an unlawful scheme of corrupt payments on a "breathtaking scale," a London court ruled Thursday.
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November 05, 2026
Mex Group told a court on Thursday that its former general counsel committed contempt of court by sharing legal submissions and discussing allegedly forged evidence with defendants in separate litigation brought by the investment company, in breach of promises he gave to the court.
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November 05, 2026
The U.K. will introduce mandatory human rights due diligence for companies with global turnover of at least £350 million ($471.7 million) to assess the risk of forced labor in their supply chains or face having their products removed from the market.
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November 05, 2026
Comedian and actor Russell Brand was found guilty on Thursday of one charge of rape and three counts of sexual assault against four women.
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November 04, 2026
A German court sentenced a Hong Kong couple to seven years in prison following their conviction for a €10.3 million ($11.6 million) value-added tax evasion scheme, European Union authorities said Wednesday.