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UK Consumers conned out of £580 million by fraudsters!
We are delighted to share the below article written by our colleagues Philippa Rees, Partner, Knowledge Lawyer, Catherine Rogerson, Associate and Karolina Tomaite, Solicitor Apprentice who are in our Dispute Resolution Department of Mishcon de Reya. Please do click the link below. UK Consumers conned out of £580 million by fraudsters in first half of
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Cyprus – The Shipping Limited Liability Company Law 2022: Opportunities and Challenges
Cyprus is one of the few shipping centres worldwide which combines an international registry of recognised prestige and quality, as well as a shipping complex with a wide range of shipping and related services, as mentioned by the Shipping Deputy Minister. Despite the challenges, it has shown resilience and remains the EU’s third largest fleet
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A presumptuous task: interpreting “see to it” and “demand” guarantees
Guarantees have been described as the lifeblood of international commerce, but determining whether an instrument is a “see to it” or an “on demand” guarantee is not always straightforward. In this article we consider the different approaches taken by the English Commercial Court and Court of Appeal in Shanghai Shipyard Co Ltd v Reignwood International
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High Court Sets Aside Injunction Granted Against Binance
Crypto fraud losses in the UK have increased by 40% in the past year according to Action Fraud. Mishcon de Reya’s Rhymal Persad, Sofia Berggren and Philippa Rees explore Piroozzadeh v Persons Unknown, and the increase in crypto-related fraud cases brought before the English Courts. High Court sets aside injunction granted against Binance: are we going to see more
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Navigating Cross-Border Challenges
Fraud and asset recovery cases are increasingly being fought against unidentified defendants, as individuals hide behind computers, fake emails and false online personas. Rhymal Persad, Philippa Rees and Jordan Harrison of our member firm Mishcon de Reya explore the importance of disclosure orders, and the challenges of seeking them from foreign banks: Asset tracing in fraud cases: navigating
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Article on Government’s recent Fraud Strategy Announcement
The IFG are delighted to share the below Article written by Catherine Rogerson, Associate and Linda Ali, Trainee Solicitor, Fraud Department at Mishcon de Reya LLP on the Government’s recently announced fraud strategy. Please click the link below https://www.mishcon.com/news/the-governments-new-fraud-strategy-is-it-enough  
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Fraud Insights: Protecting shareholder rights through unfair prejudice petitions
Where the affairs of a company are being or have been conducted in a manner that it is unfairly prejudicial to the interests of a shareholder, or an actual or proposed act or omission would be so prejudicial, a shareholder can apply to the Court under section 994 of the Companies Act 2006 through what is commonly known as an unfair prejudice petition.
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Fraud Insights: Worldwide freezing order continued despite allegations of delay
A recent decision of the High Court in PJSC National Bank Trust and PJSC Otkritie Bank Financial Corporation v Boris Mints and others [2019] EWHC 2061 (Comm) found that it was appropriate to continue a worldwide freezing order in circumstances where there was a good arguable case that the Defendants had used complex structures and methods, involving substantial sums of money, to defraud the Claimant banks despite the absence of any recent evidence of dissipation by the defendants.
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