Increase in Clinical Negligence Claims Against Hospitals Following Keogh Report
Solicitors specialising in clinical negligence claims have reported an increase in the number of claims they are investigating against hospitals following the release of the ...
Children’s Charity Boss Found Guilty of Stealing £800,000
The founder of a cancer charity who used funds for his own interests, investments and lifestyle has been found guilty of theft and fraud. Kevin ...
Eight men jailed in money laundering racket
Eight men have been imprisoned for money laundering following a successful SOCA investigation into their criminal activities. The gang, which consisted of five men from ...
Birmingham City Owner On Trial for Money Laundering
The owner of Birmingham Football Club, Carson Yeung, is currently on trial in Hong Kong, accused of money laundering. Yeung, who was arrested after being ...
Supreme Court Agree ‘Victory for Fairness’ in Oil Tycoon Divorce Battle
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the wife of millionaire oil tycoon Michael Prest in one of the most eagerly anticipated divorce battles ...
Ernst & Young To Face Legal Action
One of the UK’s biggest accountancy firms Ernst & Young are facing legal action after being accused of conducting defective audits for Weavering Capital, the ...
Calls For Changes As Pensions Loophole Discovered
A loophole in legislation on pensions could leave up to four million employees in the UK exempt from new pension laws. The badly drafted legislation ...
Legal Funding For Fraud Cases Brought Into Question
A BBC One documentary has questioned the funding of super-rich criminals’ legal bills, prompting some of the country’s most eminent barristers to call for urgent ...
Congratulations to our Christmas Dingbat Quiz Winners
Congratulations to the winners of our Christmas Dingbat Quiz. The correct answers were: (1) All for one, one for all; (2) The Good, the Bad ...
17 year old student to receive record compensation payout after crash
A 17 year old girl who was severely injured in a car crash that killed her mother has won a record compensation payout. Agnes Collier, ...
Melissa’s Multiplier – Winners
Congratulations to the following who each won £25 in our Melissa’s Multiplier quiz: Peter Savage of Harrison Clark Solicitors Rebecca Taylor of St John Chambers ...
City Financier Jailed for £32m Fraud
A City Financier has been jailed after being convicted of conning tens of millions of pounds out of investors. Nicholas Levene was sentenced to 13 ...
Court of Appeal Slashes Oil Tycoon’s Divorce Payout
An oil tycoon has won a landmark Court of Appeal case that will see the amount the millionaire has to pay to his wife slashed. ...
Economic slowdown sparks FSA ruling on pension pot calculation
The figure that pension companies use to calculate the expected retirement pot of a saver is to be reduced from 2014, the Financial Services Authority ...
Former Lloyds Employee Jailed for £2.4 Million Fraud
A former employee of Lloyds Banking Group has been convicted of defrauding the bank of £2.4 million. 50 year old Jessica Harper, who was head ...
John Frenkel To Discuss Changes in the Discount Rate
John Frenkel will be speaking at a presentation in Manchester on 18 October 2012, discussing possible changes to be made to the discount rates and ...
Composer Win Medical Negligence Compensation
A British composer who was left disabled following a catalogue of errors by the hospital where he was treated has won his battle for compensation. ...
Frenkels Forensics Jubilee Quiz Winners
Congratulations to the following individuals who won our Jubilee Quiz: Perry Hill – DWF Solicitors Tristan Alder – Fentons Solicitors Chris Procter – Chaucer Insurance ...
What will be the effect of the Jackson Reforms?
There was an unexpected twist to the most recent argument surrounding the Jackson Reforms last month as the Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke announced that changes ...
Compensation Fund for Sufferers of Asbestos Illnesses
The president of the Association for Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has called for a fund to be put in place to help victims of asbestos-related ...
Government to crack down on whiplash claims
The Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has announced a ‘crackdown’ on spurious personal injury claims resulting from road traffic accidents. According to reports in the papers ...
London is ‘Divorce Capital’
A steep rise in the number of international divorces has led to London being dubbed the ‘divorce tourism’ capital of the world. An article in ...
Pension Changes To Affect Forensic Accountants
Following the recent news pertaining to workers being offered a new type of guaranteed pension, forensic accountants are waiting to see what effects these new ...
Mesothelioma Ruling May Increase Number of Claims
The role of forensic accountants in insurance cases related to asbestos exposure could increase due to a new ruling made by the UK Supreme Court. ...
Shell To Close Final Salary Pension Scheme
Shell, the last FTSE 100 company to offer new employees a final salary pension, has announced plans to axe the policy. Instead it will now ...
Christmas Quiz 2011 Winners Announced
We are delighted to announce that the following individuals were successful in our Christmas 2011 quiz. Their £25 Amazon vouchers are on their way to ...
Ogden 7 published
The government’s actuarial department published the latest edition of the Ogden tables this week. The main points to note about Ogden 7 are as follows: ...
Government Bans Referral Fees
UK motorists have celebrated a landmark victory with the government moving to cut rising insurance premiums by banning insurance companies from selling their customers’ details ...
Frenkels Forensics Launch Ogden Tables Calculator
Frenkels, specialist forensic accountants are delighted to announce the launch of our Ogden Tables Calculator which you can test with a free trial. Our Ogdens ...
Cardiff FC Appoints Forensic Accounting Experts
Cardiff City Football Club have appointed forensic accounting experts to investigate the dealings of Sam Hammam whilst he was chairman of the club. Mr Hammam, ...
Forensic Accounting Experts to Assist Government
The government is expected to use the expertise of private sector fraud specialists to clamp down on organised crime, according to a new strategy published ...
Boris Berezovsky in Record Divorce Settlement
Boris Berezovsky, the Russian oligarch, has agreed to grant his ex-wife a record divorce settlement said to be worth up to £220 million. Mr Berezovsky ...
Frenkels Forensics’ Partner Joins Resolution
We are delighted to announce that one of our partners, Vivian Cohen, has recently joined Resolution having trained to act as a joint expert within ...
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Frenkels Forensics To Launch Free Ogden Calculator
Frenkels Forensics are to launch their FREE online Ogden calculator in the next few weeks. To register your interest please email: Ogden ‘at’ frenkels.com
Ministers To Proceed With Legal Aid Cuts
Ministers are proceeding with far-reaching cuts to the £2.1 billion legal aid scheme amid worry that some the most vulnerable in society would be hardest ...
New HMRC Amnesty For Ebayers Amongst Others
HM Revenue & Custom (HMRC) has said that it will later this year be introducing a tax amnesty for private tutors, coaches, tradesmen and users ...
