10/04/2019

Scammers forced to compensate victims of £1.4m scheme

The court made a confiscation order against Bhandari for £376,604, all of which is to be paid as compensation to the confirmed victims, while Mirza’s order is for £1.2m. More than £750,000 of this will be used as compensation.

10/03/2019

The Real Life Laundromats

The film is based on the Panama Papers, a major investigation published in April 2016 by a group of media outlets led by the ICIJ.

10/03/2019

Beware the email auto-signature

The Claimants contended that the electronic signature was capable of rendering the document “signed” as long as the name had been included on it in order to authenticate the agreement contained in the document.

10/02/2019

Vatican's secretariat of state searched in financial probe

They were believed to be the first at the secretariat of state, which co-ordinates the activities of the Holy See, functions as the seat of governance of the universal Catholic Church and oversees diplomatic relations with more than 180 nations.

10/02/2019

Intellectual property Brexit checklist

UK companies will lose their database rights in the EU and should ensure there are robust contractual restrictions around any use of any databases licensed out/made publicly available to mitigate against this.