Business Crime Specialist, David Walbank QC, has now added nearly 200 video case reviews to his CrimeCast.Law criminal law updating website.

November 12, 2021
Business Crime Specialist, David Walbank QC, has now added nearly 200 video case reviews to his CrimeCast.Law criminal law updating website.

There is a heavy emphasis on white collar fraud, bribery & corruption, money laundering and regulatory compliance and the case reviews include the following:

R v Barton & Booth [2021] QB 685 on the concept of dishonesty in criminal law and the doctrine of precedent

Meng v HSBC Bank plc [2021] 2 WLR 1153 on the proper application of the Bankers’ Books Evidence Act 1879

SFO v Airbus SE [2021] Lloyd’s Rep FC 159 on the legal framework for Deferred Prosecution Agreements

R (Director of Legal Aid Casework) v Southwark Crown Court [2021] 1 WLR 2779 on the capital contribution under the VHCC regime

Polakowski v Westminster Magistrates’ Court [2021] 1 WLR 2521 on the EAW regime after Brexit

HMRC v Mann [2021] EWHC 1182 (Admin) on the cash seizure provisions within POCA 2002

R (Russnak-Johnston) v Reading Magistrates’ Court [2021] 1 WLR 2444 on planning contravention notices

Barnet LBC v Kamyab [2021] 1 WLR 4860 on the CACD’s powers on a prosecution appeal in confiscation

Privacy International v Investigatory Powers Tribunal [2021] 2 WLR 970 on computer hacking warrants

Fernando v Savananthan [2021] EWHC 652 (Admin) on residual diplomatic immunity

James v White Lion Hotel [2021] 2 WLR 911 on the intersection of criminal and civil liability

Hamilton v Post Office Ltd [2021] 1 Cr App R 17 on appeals against conviction in private prosecutions by the Royal Mail

R v A, B, D & C [2021] 2 WLR 1301 on the French authorities’ cracking of the EncroChat secure communications platform

R (KBR Inc) v SFO [2021] 2 WLR 335 on the territorial reach of section 2(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1987

Biffa Waste Services Ltd v Environment Agency [2021] Env LR 4 on the trans-frontier shipment of waste

R (Highbury Poultry Farm Produce Ltd) v CPS [2021] 2 All ER 145 on strict liability in animal welfare regulations

Mirchandani v Lord Chancellor [2021] Lloyd’s Rep FC 11 on private prosecutions, confiscation and the demarcation of criminal and civil proceedings

R v Reynolds (Nicolas) [2020] 4 WLR 16 on the adequacy of the summing up in an SFO corruption prosecution

R v CB; R v Mohammed [2020] 2 Cr App R 305 on prosecution disclosure of mobile phones and electronic devices

R v Andrewes (Jon) [2020] Lloyd’s Rep FC 557 on proportionality in confiscation proceedings

Ashbolt v HMRC [2020] STC 1813 on search warrants in aid of an investigation into ‘loan charge’ fraud

R v Black (Ludovic) [2020] EWCA Crim 915 on an SFO prosecution of a fraudulent investment scheme for renewable energy

R (C) v DPP [2020] 4 WLR 158 on a European Investigation Order relating to Encrochat communications

Fuseon Ltd v Senior Courts Costs Office [2020] 2 Cr App R 2 on the reduction of costs awarded to a private prosecutor

SFO v G4S Care and Justice Services (UK) Ltd (Case No: U20201392) on corruption in respect of a huge government contract

NCA v Hajiyeva [2020] 1 WLR 3209 on the ‘Politically Exposed Person’ test, the income requirement and privilege in UWOs

Official Receiver v Skeene & Bowers [2020] EWHC 1252 (Ch) on an alleged Ponzi fraud in respect of an ethical investment scheme

R v Roth (Boruch) [2020] 4 WLR 130 on confiscation following breach of a planning enforcement notice

R v Smith (Andrew) [2020] 1 Cr App R 23 on a Consumer Protection Regulations notice as an article for use in fraud

R (Terra Services Ltd) v NCA [2020] 1 WLR 1149 on public interest immunity relating to a Mutual Legal Assistance request

Re National Crime Agency [2020] 1 WLR 3224 on cash investigations, detained property investigations and frozen funds investigations

NCA v Hussain [2020] 1 WLR 2145 on Unexplained Wealth Order hearings being held in private

R v Haque (Mohammed) [2020] 1 WLR 2239 on when property becomes criminal for the purpose of the money laundering offences

R (Johnson) v Westminster Magistrates’ Court [2020] 2 All ER 271 on a private prosecution for alleged lies during the EU Referendum campaign

R Whatcott (Christopher) [2020] Lloyd’s Rep FC 65 on the determination of civil law principles in criminal proceedings

ACL Netherlands BV v Lynch [2019] EWHC 249 (Ch) on the use in criminal proceedings of documents obtained in civil discovery

R v Alstom Network UK Ltd [2019] Lloyd’s Rep FC 45 on the trial of a corporate defendant in the absence of its ‘Directing Minds and Will’

CPS v Aquila Advisory Ltd [2019] Lloyd’s Rep FC 358 on competing claims to the identified proceeds of a fraud

R v Bush & Scouler [2019] Lloyd’s Rep FC 210 on the prosecution of senior Tesco executives for fraud by abuse of position and false accounting

HSE v Faltec Europe Ltd [2019] 4 WLR 77 on sentencing corporations for major Health & Safety breaches

R v Fulton (Gary) [2019] Lloyd’s Rep FC 263 on confiscation following conviction for laundering the proceeds of large-scale revenue fraud

R v Panayi (Andrew) [2019 2 Cr App R (S) 21 on confiscation following breach of a planning enforcement notice

Shepherd v Information Commissioner [2019] 1 Cr App R 29 on reverse burdens of proof under the Data Protection Acts 1998 & 2018

R v D [2019] 2 Cr App R 15 on the need for a legal disclosure obligation when charging fraud by failure to disclose information.

Volaw Trust & Corporate Services Ltd v Jersey Comptroller of Taxes [2019] STC 2066 on the privilege against self-incrimination in tax investigations

Since CrimeCast.Law was launched a year ago, an average four new video reviews have been added to the website every week. For free and instant access to all the reviews, visit [Crime Cast Law]