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Which has the greater impact: benefit fraud or tax avoidance? – Ralli Solicitors LLP

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The National Audit Office published figures last month citing the incorrect payments by the Department for Work & Pensions, as well as HM Revenue and Customs regarding those claiming state benefits and working tax credits. The figures made murky reading and are likely to mean that the Department for Work and Pensions will miss targets… Read more »

Court charges are leading to the resignation of more Magistrates in the UK – Ralli Solicitors LLP

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Back in July, the Chairman of the Magistrates Association, Richard Monkhouse had stated that around 30 resignations had been recorded due to disagreements about the viability of court charges in the UK, a figure that has increased massively since then. The suggestion made by Monkhouse is that guilty pleas are being forced from innocent defendants,… Read more »

Despite frustrated emails to IT department, employee wins unfair dismissal case. – Ralli LLP

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A course coordinator at Melbourne College lost his job after a spat of frustrated emails sent to his IT department outlining his displeasure at relaying failures both he and his students had encountered regarding their computer systems. Dr Horgan’s dismissal in October 2014, his case for unfair dismissal was put before the Fair Work Commission,… Read more »

Resurgence in ‘Parcel Mule’ scams. – Ralli Solicitors LLP

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People are been targeted as part of a reshipping scam, which involves unsuspecting people handling goods to other countries. Individuals are often recruited though fake advertisement or dating websites, whereby they are convinced into having items delivered to their address and then forwarding them onto another, they themselves paying for the price of postage. The… Read more »

First woman prosecuted for posting revenge porn on social media – Ralli Solicitors LLP

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In recent years the UK has seen a large trend regarding the frequent posting of private and explicit photographic material to social media in order to distress and degrade a former partner who may be publicly shamed or humiliated in an act of malicious behaviour. On Tuesday, Paige Mitchell was prosecuted for the sharing of… Read more »