Commercial Fraud: Civil Liability, Human Rights, and Money Laundering

Theft, deception, bribery, rogue trading and money laundering present massive and apparently insuperable problems for governments worldwide. On a national and international scale, these types of activities may have social, economic and political repercussions. This new text is primarily concerned with the impact of these activities upon private individuals. The text analyses the position of the victim, the fraudster, recipients of property and accessories. The focus is upon the civil law aspects of fraud and the increasing significance of money laundering legislation and the law of human rights.

Janet Ulph is a graduate of Nottingham University with postgraduate degrees in Law from Cambridge University and Harvard Law School in the United States. She is a non-practising solicitor and a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Durham (teaching Commercial Law and Equity and Trusts at undergraduate level and Commercial Fraud and International Trade at postgraduate level). Sir Michael Tugendhat is a Judge of the High Court assigned to the Queen's Bench Division. He was educated at Gonville & Caius College Cambridge before being awarded the Henry Fellowship at Yale University Law School. He was called to the Bar of Inner Temple in 1969 before joining 5 Raymond Buildings Chambers. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1986, a Recorder of the Crown Court in 1994 and a Deputy High Court Judge in 1995. Since 2000 he has also sat as a Judge of the Courts of Appeal in Jersey and Guernsey.