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R v BDI AND OTHERS

[2026] Lloyd's Rep FC 1

Private prosecutions – Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 – Orders for costs.

R (BATES) v HIGHBURY CORNER MAGISTRATES’ COURT

[2026] Lloyd's Rep FC 18

Costs – Judicial review – Criminal cause or matter – Senior Courts Act 1981, section 51 – Whether there is a test of “exceptionality” before inter partes costs should be awarded in judicial review proceedings in a criminal cause or matter.

BHANDARI v GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

[2026] Lloyd's Rep FC 34

Extradition – India – Money laundering – Tax evasion – European Convention on Human Rights, articles 3 and 6 – Prison conditions – Reverse burden of proof.

TAKTOUK v R (BENHERST FINANCE LTD AND CHESTONE INDUSTRY HOLDING)

[2026] Lloyd's Rep FC 77

Appeal – Confiscation – Costs – Private prosecution.

IMPACT CONTRACTING SOLUTIONS LTD v COMMISSIONERS FOR HIS MAJESTY’S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS

[2026] Lloyd's Rep FC 88

Revenue – Value Added Tax – Registration – Fraud.

R v ZHIMIN QIAN (ALSO KNOWN AS YADI ZHANG) AND SENG HOK LING

[2026] Lloyd's Rep FC 103

Money laundering – Cryptocurrency – Possession – Conversion.

CRIMINAL ASSETS BUREAU v ROUTEBACK MEDIA (TRADING AS LOCAL MART) AND HARRY ZEMAN

[2026] Lloyd's Rep FC 111

Proceeds of crime – Criminal Assets Bureau – Procedural rights – Cross-examination – Proceeds of Crime Act 1996 (Ireland), sections 3 and 4 – Fair procedures – Belief. – Evidence – Unrepresented litigants.

LLR: Financial Crime