Category Archives: Civil Recovery

An interesting article on the People Management website warns employers not to take job applications at face value, after a recent Supreme Court ruling.

The ruling centered on the case of Jon Andrewes, and acts as a reminder that employers need to consider the risks of not completing proper due diligence on new hires.

The Staffordshire Live website reports that a thief who stole tens of thousands of pounds worth of copper cabling and transformers has avoided going to jail due to a ‘woeful’ delay in his prosecution.

Mark Robinson stole 20 transformers worth £17,798 plus 680kg of high voltage copper cable worth £3,060.

The Birmingham Mail website reports that a woman stole in excess of a million pounds over nearly ten years to fund her extreme gambling addiction.

Karen Brailsford stole the money by falsifying invoices, and, at its peak, her thieving amassed £300,000 from her place of work in just one year.

As reported on The Reading Chronicle website, a prolific TK Maxx shoplifter who stole £875-worth of the store’s clothes has been jailed for 36 weeks.

Marian-Cornel Moldovan had been given a 10-week suspended prison sentence but reoffended twice in the following five months.

The City Of London Police website reports that a social media influencer promoted and sold counterfeit designer clothing and mobile phones to his 20,000 followers.

Jack Allen – given a 16-week suspended prison sentence – made over £14,300 after promoting the items on various Instagram accounts and YouTube.

As reported on the Birmingham Mail website, a accountant who lost her own money on a gambling site then went on to steal £24,000 from her work.

Emma King took advantage of working from home during the COVID pandemic to steal thousands from her employer, a boat trip and party hire company.