Mr Justice Butcher agrees to Kingdom of Sweden’s High Court application for enforcement in Sweden of worldwide freezing order on assets in sophisticated international pension fraud

Mr Justice Butcher agrees to Kingdom of Sweden’s High Court application for enforcement in Sweden of worldwide freezing order on assets in sophisticated international pension fraud

Mr Justice Butcher agrees to Kingdom of Sweden’s High Court application for enforcement in Sweden of worldwide freezing order on assets in sophisticated international pension fraud

                                 

Miss Blom-Cooper (solicitor) Photo © Mishcon de Reya; Used with permission. All rights reserved.
Miss Blom-Cooper (solicitor) Photo © Mishcon de Reya; Used with permission. All rights reserved.

By John Brace (Editor)
and
Leonora Brace (Co-Editor)

This is a report on a public hearing held on the 3rd April 2020 which started at 10.30 am in the Commercial Court (Queen’s Bench Division) which is part of the Business and Property Courts of England and Wales (part of the High Court of Justice).
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Why did University of Liverpool staff go on strike?

Why did University of Liverpool staff go on strike?

Why did University of Liverpool staff go on strike?

                                                    

University Square (Liverpool) 24th April 2018
University Square (Liverpool) 24th April 2018

Above is a photo of University Square, Liverpool where hundreds of people gathered on the 8th March 2018 (not the day that photo was taken) as part of a UCU (University and College Union) strike to do with proposed changes to pensions.

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UCU (Universities and Colleges Union) protest in University Square, Liverpool (8th March 2018)
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What did Merseyside Police spend money on (96 pages of invoices)?

What did Merseyside Police spend money on (96 pages of invoices)?

What did Merseyside Police spend money on (96 pages of invoices)?

                                           

Continuing from yesterday’s What did Merseyside Police spend money on (112 pages of invoices)? below are a further 96 pages of invoices covering work on the Wirral Custody Suite, Airwave (emergency services communications), payments to the Home Office, payments to solicitors, charges relating to police dogs, training, the fee of Mr Jeremy Johnson QC, CRG Medical Services (medical services for detained persons), payments relating to the Merseyside Residual Debt Fund (the debt left when Merseyside County Council was abolished in the 1980s), various pieces of hardware, recharges from other areas for salaries, payments relating to pensions, amounts to do with the Operational Command Centre, payroll, the fee of Mr Gerard Boyle (Serjeants’ Inn Chambers) to do with disciplinary proceedings, the Community Safety Fund, software and expert witness opinion (£11,368.60 for reviewing a case, correspondence, reviewing literature and writing a report).

As before all invoices are connected to the 2015-16 financial year.

Tomorrow morning the Merseyside Police and Crime Panel meets to consider the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside’s Budget for 2018-19. That includes the budget for Merseyside Police and the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside.
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Chilcot Report to be published today; is the future never-ending austerity?

Chilcot Report to be published today; is the future never-ending austerity?

Chilcot Report to be published today; is the future never-ending austerity?

                                        

King John and the snake from Disney's Robin Hood counting gold coins
King John and the snake from Disney’s Robin Hood counting gold coins

Today, the Chilcot Report will finally be published. You may well ask what has this to do with local politics?

Well the tax revenue that goes on war can’t be spent here in the UK on schools or hospitals or a thousand and other matters that the people would like more of.

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Pension Committee (Wirral Council) 16th September 2013

A report on the Pension Committee (Wirral Council) meeting of the 16th September 2013

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Above is video footage from Wirral Council’s Pension Committee meeting of the 16th September 2013. The Pension Committee approved various accounts related items (annual governance report, annual report, statement of accounts), the Fund’s responses to various consultations, the admission of Amey Services Ltd to the Fund, councillor’s attendance at various conferences and noted a tender awarded for building work on a shopping centre the Fund owns in Guildford. The full agenda and reports for this meeting are on Wirral Council’s website.

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