The City of London Police has reported that a veterinary nurse has been sentenced for pet insurance fraud. Gemma Cole made over £13,000 worth of fraudulent insurance claims for her pets using the systems at her workplace. Cole pleaded guilty to fraud by abuse of position after an investigation by the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department. Cole was sentenced at Lewes Crown Court on 29 August 2024 to eight months' imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, and must also complete a 20 day rehabilitation activity requirement.

City of London Police has reported that Naeem Khalid and Abiya Hussain have been sentenced at Manchester Crown Court for a money laundering operation that was traced back to millions of pounds fraudulently obtained from victims. An investigation by the Serious Organised Crime Team (SOCT) discovered 20 victims and the pair admitted to laundering £283,000 between them. Khalid pleaded guilty to five counts of money laundering and was sentenced to 46 months in jail and Hussain was given an 18-month community order, sentenced to complete 100 hours of unpaid work and a ten-day Rehabilitation Activity Requirement (RAR).

The City of London Police has obtained an INTERPOL Silver Notice to trace and recover assets belonging to Anthony Constantinou, former head of Capital World Markets. Constantinou was sentenced in absentia on 9 June 2023 to 14 years imprisonment for fraud and money laundering. On 19 June 2025, the court issued a £64m confiscation order under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, with an additional 14-year prison term for non-compliance. The Silver Notice enables international cooperation to identify assets across jurisdictions, complementing an existing INTERPOL Red Notice for Constantinou's arrest.

The City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) has secured jail sentences totalling more than nine years for two men who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation and transferring criminal property in connection with a £275,548.84 vehicle repair shop fraud. IFED’s investigation found that Tyre Boys Ltd, which purported to operate as a body repair shop for vehicles involved in road traffic collisions, obtained funding from Accident Credit Group (ACG) for 39 cases between December 2015 and October 2016, despite the collisions being deliberately induced or never having taken place. Banking records showed funds were paid into accounts held by Kamlesh Vadukul and subsequently forwarded to Raju Patel. Both men were sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on 20 May 2026 and a confiscation order has also been made.

The City of London Police's Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) has conducted a nationwide operation against illegal insurance brokers, known as ‘ghost brokers’, from 19–30 May 2025. The operation resulted in two arrests, £48,195 in Account Forfeiture Orders and the issuance of seven cease and desist notices, alongside intelligence gathering and efforts to inform the public about fraudulent insurance practices. Additional actions included targeted vehicle checks, the deployment of ANPR technology with police forces nationwide to identify vehicles linked to potentially fraudulent policies. IFED worked with social media platforms for the removal of 62 fraudulent accounts. The initiative was prompted by the report 52% increase in detected ghost broking activity between 2022-2024 by the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB).

The City of Wolverhampton Council (CWC)’s licensing committee has revoked a private hire driver and vehicle licences after uncovering the use of illegal number plates and fraudulent insurance documentation. The enforcement action followed a joint inspection on 15 November 2025 during the Cheltenham race meet, when officers from Avon and Somerset Police and Cheltenham Borough Council identified a Wolverhampton-licensed vehicle displaying so-called ‘ghost plates’, which are designed to evade Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) systems. The driver was also found not to be wearing or displaying the required identification badges. Further investigations revealed that the driver had previously supplied a fraudulent insurance certificate to CWC licensing officers. The licensing committee concluded that the driver was no longer fit and proper to hold any licence, resulting in the immediate revocation of both licences and the driver's placement on the National Register of Revocations, alerting other licensing authorities should he apply elsewhere.

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ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived. This Practice Note refers to the following: • Schedule 3C of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (CJJA 1982) • the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Regulations 2009, SI 2009/3131 (2009 Regulations, SI 2009/3131) • the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (Interim Relief) Order 1997 (1977 Order) The Lugano Convention 1988 was brought into UK law by Schedule 3C of the CJJA 1982 and subsequent orders. As a consequence, amendments to these statutory instruments were required to reflect the provisions of the Lugano Convention 2007. These are set out in the 2009 Regulations, SI 2009/3131. The regulations amend the following: • the CJJA 1982: ◦ the definition of the Lugano Convention in section 1 is amended to refer to the Lugano Convention 2007 (SI 2009/3131, reg 3) ◦ the enforcement of judgments, other than maintenance orders in section 4 is amended with the addition

The Civil Justice Committee (CJC) has responded to the Law Commission's consultation on contempt of court. The response is contained to general comments on how the consultation proposals impact the accessibility, fairness, and efficiency of the civil justice system. It has focused specifically on technology, and legal aid. It does not go into the technical questions relating to the substance and operation of the law. However, the CJC does support the introduction of simplified categories of liability and removing the ‘criminal/civil’ distinction.