Lloyd Firth comes from a long line of blue-collar workers from the north of England. Bricklayers, mostly, but also coal miners and gas blowers from Barnsley's furnaces. Firth, whose father and brother still work in the trade, read books instead.
Lloyd Firth comes from a long line of blue-collar workers from the north of England. Bricklayers, mostly, but also coal miners and gas blowers from Barnsley's furnaces. Firth, whose father and brother still work in the trade, read books instead.
A legal executive has been disqualified and banned from working at law firms after the English solicitors' watchdog concluded that he had misappropriated £219,000 ($292,000) from a dead client's estate.
The U.K. communications regulator finalized new rules Thursday to protect children's safety online, compelling technology companies to introduce "highly effective" age checks or face fines or nationwide bans.
A Hong Kong businessman has accused a London law firm in a High Court claim of failing to ask questions in connection with a high-value property deal, which he says facilitated a fraud that cost him more than £4 million ($5.3 million).
A marine energy company has sued the Dubai branch of India's Axis Bank for $41.7 million, alleging that the lender misled it into participating in a loan to a shipping company secured against ships that were later sold without its knowledge.
An employment tribunal has found that the Department for Work and Pensions was right to fire a counterfraud officer for inappropriately accessing records on its customer information system because it was not the first time she had done so.
A digital pharmacy company has accused a small business lender of knowingly working with its former CEO to funnel huge unauthorized loans into the firm, ignoring clear signs that the executive was acting dishonestly and beyond his powers.
The Financial Conduct Authority’s recent bulletin on the consequences of leaking sensitive information during transactions, warning that such disclosure may result in market abuse allegations, demonstrates the regulator’s determination to root out and penalize insider dealing, say lawyers at Cadwalader.
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