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AMES v R (SERIOUS FRAUD OFFICE)

[2024] Lloyd's Rep. FC 1

Fraud – Fraud by abuse of position – Ingredients of offence – Intention – Jury directions – Brown direction – Whether if more than one intent alleged jury must be directed of need to be unanimous on which type of intention proved in order to convict – Fraud Act 2006, section 4(1)(c).

R v WISEMAN

[2024] Lloyd's Rep. FC 12

Fraud – Direction to jury – Correcting a false impression – Procedural fairness in making of costs order.

R (EXOLUM PIPELINE SYSTEM LTD) v CROWN COURT AT GREAT GRIMSBY, HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE, INTERESTED PARTY

[2024] Lloyd's Rep. FC 22

Judicial review – Senior Courts Act 1981, section 29(3) – High Court's jurisdiction over Crown Court decisions – Wasted costs order made following abandoned trial – Whether costs order was a matter “relating to trial on indictment”.

R v MAHMUD

[2024] Lloyd's Rep. FC 41

Dishonesty – Claim of right – Legal directions – Belief as to legal entitlement.

KHAN v THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT AFFAIRS

[2024] Lloyd's Rep. FC 49

Court review under Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, section 38 – Grounds of designation – Whether the designation was ultra vires – Whether the designation is a disproportionate interference with article 8 and A1P1, ECHR – Padfield principles and the test for proportionality – Compatibility of the 2019 Regulations (SI 2019 No 855) with the ECHR.

R v ENTAIN PLC

[2024] Lloyd's Rep. FC 70

Financial crime – Deferred Prosecution Agreements – Failure to prevent bribery – Financial penalties – Corporate governance – Bill of Indictment – Bribery Act 2010 – Crime and Courts Act 2013 – Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v THOMAS ROBERTSON

[2024] Lloyd's Rep. FC 75

United States of America – Obstruction of official proceedings – Sufficiency of evidence – Statutory interpretation – Meaning of corruption.