TOPIC / THEFT BREACH OF TRUST - THE CROWN PROSECUTION SERVICE

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THEFT BREACH OF TRUST:

LEGAL GUIDANCE:

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Breach of trust in excess of £170K [RM1.09M]

R v TORKONIAK [2005] 1 Cr.App.R.(S.) 27 

Convicted of 15 counts of theft, two counts of obtaining a money transfer by deception, one count of false accounting, two counts of obtaining property by deception, one count of forgery, and one count of perjury. The defendant was in practice as a solicitor. He negotiated a settlement of £100,000 for a client who suffered personal injuries. The defendant told the client that the amount awarded was £18,000 and retained at least

TOPIC / UK FRAUD ACT 2006

Fraud Act 2006

LAWS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

FRAUD ACT 2006

Fraud

1 Fraud 

(1) A person is guilty of fraud if he is in breach of any of the sections listed in subsection (2) (which provide for different ways of committing the offence). 

(2) The sections are— 

(a) section 2 (fraud by false representation), 

(b) section 3 (fraud by failing to disclose information), and 

(c) section 4 (fraud by abuse of position). 

TOPIC / CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT OFFENCES OUTSIDE ENGLAND AND WALES - THE CROWN PROSECUTION SERVICE

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INCHOATE OFFENCES:

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CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT OFFENCES
OUTSIDE ENGLAND AND WALES

A conspiracy may involve the doing of an act by one or more of the parties, or the happening of an event, in a place outside England and Wales which constitutes an offence in that other jurisdiction.

This situation is covered by section 1A of the Criminal Law Act 1977. Section 1A has four conditions, which all must be met if the section is to apply.

TOPIC / UK CRIMINAL LAW ACT 1977

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Criminal Law Act 1977

LAWS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
CRIMINAL LAW ACT 1977

PART I

CONSPIRACY

1 The offence of conspiracy

[(1)F1 Subject to the following provisions of this Part of this Act, if a person agrees with any other person or persons that a course of conduct shall be pursued which, if the agreement is carried out in accordance with their intentions, either— 

(a) will necessarily amount to or involve the commission of any offence or offences by one or more of the parties to the agreement, or 

(b) would do so but for the existence of facts which render the commission of the offence or any of the offences impossible, 

he is guilty of conspiracy to commit the offence or offences in question.] 

BREAKING / JUSTO TO MAKE COURT APPEARANCE ON AUGUST 17 - BERNAMA

'Justo To Make Court Appearance On August 17'

BANGKOK, (BERNAMA), August 11, 2015 -

"Xavier Andre Justo, a Swiss national charged with blackmailing his former employer PetroSaudi International, is expected to appear in court for the hearing of his case on August 17.  

CURRENT / AUGUST 9 MARKS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF SINGAPORE

PROCLAMATION OF SINGAPORE

WHEREAS it is the inalienable right of a people to be free and independent;

AND WHEREAS Malaysia was established on the 16th day of September, 1963, by a federation of the existing states of the Federation of Malaya and the States of Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore into one independent and sovereign nation;

AND WHEREAS by an Agreement made on the seventh day of August in the year one thousand nine hundred and sixty-five between the Government of Malaysia of the one part and the Government of Singapore of the other part it was agreed that Singapore should cease to be a state of Malaysia and should thereupon become an independent and sovereign state and nation separate and free and independent of Malaysia;