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AA v Persons Unknown and Others, Re Bitcoin

Posted on May 26th, 2020 · Posted in Expert Information, Expert Witness, Financial Litigation

When is property not property? This case is interesting as it confirms and moves the definition of what can be considered “property” (and thereby be made subject to a proprietary.. read more

Report from the Expert Witness Institute Singapore Conference

Posted on November 5th, 2019 · Posted in Arbitration, Expert Information, Expert Witness, Financial Litigation, Mediation

Held at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel 15th October 2019 Professor Leslie Chew Opening Remarks Professor Leslie Chew – President of the Expert Witness Institute Singapore Branch and former Senior.. read more

Dreamvar (UK) Ltd v Mishcon de Reya and Mary Monson Solicitors

Posted on January 13th, 2019 · Posted in Expert Witness, Financial Litigation, Fraud, Property, Uncategorized

This case concerns the purported purchase of a vacant unencumbered property in London by the claimant Dreamvar. They are a small property company and entered into the agreement to purchase.. read more

Serious Fraud Office (‘SFO’) vs Stylianos Contogoulas and Ryan Reich

Posted on April 29th, 2017 · Posted in Criminal Cases, Expert Information, Expert Witness, Financial Litigation

The SFO suffered a severe setback on 7th April when it lost its case against two former Barclays traders, whom it alleged had been guilty of conspiring to manipulate the.. read more

FCA fines Deutsche Bank for anti-money laundering controls failings

Posted on March 31st, 2017 · Posted in Criminal Cases, Expert Information, Expert Witness, Financial Litigation

Failure to provide for adequate anti-money laundering control framework proved to be a costly mistake for Deutsche Bank as the Financial Conduct Authority (‘FCA‘) decided to slap them an unprecedented.. read more

Fistful of cash being taken

Madoff Securities International Ltd (in Liquidation) vs Raven & others

Posted on March 19th, 2014 · Posted in Financial Litigation

In June 2009 Bernard Madoff was sentenced in New York to 150 years in prison and ordered to forfeit US$170 bn. This well documented case involved Madoff’s notorious Ponzi scheme.. read more

Expert Witness Institute appoints Dr Thomas Walford as a Governor.

Posted on January 30th, 2014 · Posted in Expert Information, Expert Witness, Investment

The Expert Witness Institute (‘EWI’) has asked Dr Thomas Walford to become a Governor as from the January Governors’ Meeting. Thomas is the principal executive and director at Expert Evidence.. read more

Serious and Organised Crime Agency v Hakki Namli and Topinvest Holding International Limited

Posted on May 10th, 2013 · Posted in Criminal Cases, Expert Witness, Financial Litigation, Fraud

Confiscation of Assets Case Hakki Yaman Namli, a Turkish national and ordinarily resident in that country, was a businessman with financial interests around the world. He owned and wholly controlled.. read more