Steel erector for Fawley Refinery near Southampton, Graham Wood aged 42, has filed a personal injury compensation claim against Esso Petroleum. His claim surrounds the suffering of breathing difficulties acquired while working for the company in June of 2005. Detailing the incident, he stated in court, that he was exposed to fumes described as a […]

Heavy metal icon Paul Andrews AKA Paul Di’Anno, former lead singer of world-renowned Iron Maiden, may be facing a jail sentence after pleading guilty to benefit fraud. Andrews left the band in 1981 and years after has apparently filed a claim for incapacity after reporting that he had suffered nerve damage to his back and […]

Accusations have been hurled by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on former IndyMac executives, CEO Michael Perry and two former chief financial officers Scott Keys and Blair Abernathy, for allegedly filing false disclosures about the company and its subsidiary’s financial health. The securities fraud had thereby led to seriously misleading investors over years. IndyMac […]

The Football Association (FA) has announced that Dean Ashton, a former professional football player for the West Ham United and England, has been granted personal injury compensation after being force retired at the age of 26. This has both been decided upon mutually by the parties involved and their insurers outside of court. FA added, […]

Simon Daymond-Harris, 37, gets affirmatively caught on benefits cheat after his seven-year-old son detailed on his online blog their luxurious 10-month cruise to the Carribean, thus alerting fraud investigators to delve further into Daymond-Harris’ benefit claims. Investigations have led to disclosure of a string of frauds dating as far back as August 2006 when Daymond-Harris […]

A fifty eight year old employee at the Abacus Chemical plant located at Oil Sites Road, Ellesmere Port sustained toxic burns following an accidental chemical explosion while at work. The worker, who remains unnamed, reportedly was mixing sodium cyanide pellets with hydrogen peroxide when the solution exploded, leaving him practically scarred for life. The scalding […]

Seven Men have been sentenced today at Birmingham Crown Court for Fraud. They were sentenced for their roles in a missing trader fraud which involved mobile phones and computer parts. The total number of years which these individuals face amounts to over 40 years. The UK legislation also gives prosecuting authorities powers to investigate and […]

There has been, in recent times, an increase in the numbers of Claims Management Companies operating in the UK. Claims Management itself has become very big business. A Claims Management Company is in effect a company that is set up, under the watchful eye of the Ministry of Justice, with the purpose of securing cases […]

The Bribery Act 2010 has given greater powers to the Financial Services Authority to ensure a more effective body when dealing with financial crime. Organisations themselves need to have in place good compliance policies and practices, for which there is documentary evidence, to protect themselves against an investigation. It is essential for organisations to seek […]

The Bribery Act 2010 is a wide reaching piece of legislation which places considerable burden on organisations. As the government pursues it agenda in tackling Bribery and Corruption, it has not only granted further powers to investigating agencies but has placed a duty on organisations who can now be guilty of an offence if they […]