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The Post Office treated the wronged postmasters inexcusably. But let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater, argues Kate McMahon

The Post Office Horizon scandal has led to calls for reform of the private prosecution system, but this would be a ‘tragic irony’, Kate McMahon, partner at Edmonds Marshall McMahon, writes in this week’s NLJ

In the age of digital data, search orders may have had their day. Mary Young argues that both search & imaging orders need to be redesigned

The fraud review & a starter for ten…David Corker provides Jonathan Fisher KC with some useful pointers

How might the Serious Fraud Office have fared in a prosecution like that of Sam Bankman-Fried, currently ongoing in the US?

Nicholas Yeo & Ryan Dowding discuss provisions for victims & true owners to chase frozen & forfeited funds

Tucked within the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 is a provision with ‘profound implications’ for victims of crime, Nicholas Yeo and Ryan Dowding, both barristers at 3 Raymond Building, write in this week’s NLJ

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has arrested seven individuals and carried out searches across nine sites, as part of a criminal investigation into collapsed law firm Axiom Ince and £66m of missing client money

Solicitors have highlighted issues in the otherwise broadly welcomed Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023

The Federal Republic of Nigeria has won its High Court challenge against an $11bn arbitration award granted to Process & Industrial Developments (PID), a hedge fund-backed company registered in the British Virgin Islands

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Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

International hospitality and leisure specialist joins corporate team as partner

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Firm appoints head of intellectual property to drive northern growth

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NLJ this week: No such thing as a ‘Welsh seat’

Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot

NLJ this week: Jury reform risks justice for efficiency’s sake

The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’

NLJ this week: Crypto fightback offers ‘new frontier for law’

A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes

NLJ this week: Time to revive the duty to report crime?

After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent

NLJ this week: When are experts truly ‘necessary’?

Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25

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Fraud

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven