Criminal Defence Solicitors

Corporate manslaughter – an introduction

March 21, 2013

Corporate manslaughter has been in the media spotlight recently (see the floating of a potential prosecution of Sir David Nicholson over the Mid-Staffs incident, the charging of a watersports club with corporate manslaughter, and the charging of a sole director with manslaughter. Little is known by the public about corporate manslaughter, though. In this post […]

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What is the offence of forgery?

February 18, 2013

Forgery is an offence which often crops up in the news (for example, the recent charging of Sir David Jones with a forgery-related offence or the suspended sentence that a police officer received after forging a statement). However, although the public has an abstract understanding of what forgery entails, there’s a lack of knowledge as […]

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Family prosecuted for £20 million credit scam

January 12, 2013

A Manchester-based family has been successfully prosecuted for criminal offences after they admitted running an elaborate credit scam potentially worth millions of pounds. Brothers Kevin Pomeroy and Daniel Pomeroy pretended to be high-flying executives from a variety of high-profile companies in the fraudulent scheme, with Kevin’s wife, Julie Pomeroy, laundering the ill-gotten gains. The scheme […]

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