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PCB Litigation News 2004
March
Steven Philippsohn was interviewed on BBC, Sky and ITV on the Home Secretary's announcement concerning new legislation to tackle organised crime.
PCB Litigation has been retained by a shareholder of a company from whom another shareholder has misappropriated considerable sums.
PCB Litigation was retained to defend a former Company Director who was facing allegations that he had used confidential information and trade secrets belonging to the company.
PCB Litigation was instructed during the previous afternoon in relation to defamatory material relating to a well known charity. Threats of defamation proceedings were made against the website and the Internet Service Provider, which led to the site being taken down within hours.
PCB Litigation has been retained by a well known international leisure organisation in relation to an international multi-million pound fraud.
PCB Litigation successfully obtained an Order striking out a defence to a breach of trust claim on the basis that the Defendant had persistently breached Court Orders. At the same time, the Court granted PCB Litigation's client permission to issue a witness summons against the Defendant's solicitors for production of documents relevant to tracing assets.
PCB Litigation has been retained by a victim of an advance fee fraud in relation to claims against the victim's bank.
PCB Litigation is advising a company in relation to a claim against one of its agents for misappropriating its funds.
Steven Philippsohn was interviewed by CNBC on the Corporate Governance repercussions arising out of the recent developments at Walt Disney and Shell.
LEADING FRAUD LITIGATION PRACTICE BECOMES THE EXCLUSIVE ENGLISH REPRESENTATIVE OF FRAUDNET
Philippsohn Crawfords Berwald (PCB Litigation), a leading litigation practice specialising in tackling fraud, money laundering and cybercrime cases, has been selected to be the exclusive representative of Fraudnet in the UK. Fraudnet, a specialised division of the International Chamber of Commerce, is a new global network for fraud and business crime lawyers.
The new network will be one of the most experienced and comprehensive team of fraud experts ever assembled covering asset tracing and recovery, money laundering and cybercrime.
Steven Philippsohn, senior partner in the litigation department of Philippsohn Crawfords Berwald, commented:
"As organised crime continues to grow at an alarming rate, it is important to recognise that those working in the legal community are just as organised when tackling these fraudsters. PCB Litigation is very pleased to be part the Fraudnet initiative and of being an integral part of Fraudnet within the UK. We look forward to working with our colleagues across the world, and believe that as a niche practice we are ideally placed to find new and rigorous ways of tackling an increasingly sophisticated range of criminal activity."
Steven Philippsohn was interviewed on BBC Radio on the subject of Identity Fraud.
Steven Philippsohn was quoted in The Independent" and BBC News on the Money Laundering Regulations which came into force today.
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