The £50 note which features a portrait of Sir John Houblon is to be withdrawn from circulation on 30th May 2014. The Bank of England estimates that there are still 53 million of the notes in circulation, amounting to a value of £2.65bn. Members of the public or business people who use the Houblon £50 […]
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2,500 Websites Shut Down in Counterfeit Goods Crackdown
A specialist police unit has shut down more than 2,500 websites selling counterfeit goods believed to be worth tens of millions of pounds. The sites promised authentic designer goods such as Gucci products, GHD hair straighteners, Ugg boots and Hollister clothing. But customers were left short-changed as the items were either poor quality counterfeits or […]
Enfield Company Director Found Guilty of Selling Counterfeits
The director of a private company has been found guilty of selling high class counterfeit clothing. Kabamba Tabukanga, director of Gramadi Place Limited in Hoe Lane, Enfield, pleaded guilty to 16 charges of selling counterfeit goods. For each charge he was fined £1,5000 with each offence running concurrently. The 53-year-old was also ordered to pay […]
Hiring a Private Investigator
Jonathan Rayner, a staff writer of the Law Society Gazette, explains what a law firm can do to distinguish between good and bad private investigators. Hiring a private investigator was once, to coin a phrase, elementary. You would take a hansom cab to 221B Baker Street. There would be no uncouth discussion of fees or, […]
‘Heartbleed’ Bug Bypasses Web Encryption
A major new vulnerability called Heartbleed could let attackers gain access to users’ passwords and fool people into using bogus versions of Web sites. Some already say they’ve found Yahoo passwords as a result. The problem, disclosed on 8th April, is in open-source software called OpenSSL that’s widely used to encrypt Web communications. Heartbleed can […]
Football Kit Man Sentenced for Making Fake One Direction Shirts
A football kit man ran a lucrative sideline flogging thousands of fake One Direction hoodies and T-shirts online. Gary Simpson churned out the bogus boy band gear from the clubhouse at Moorside Rangers, using the equipment intended for printing names and numbers on strips. Simpson, 55, had no licence to use the pop stars’ branding, […]
Don’t be Caught by Phishing Scams
Please be warned that no matter how convincing, requests from websites posing as banks, government departments, utilities, etc which request bank details such as account names or numbers should never be answered, and NEVER NEVER divulge password or PIN numbers unless you want to see your account emptied overnight. Phishers have got very clever at […]
Another Successful Week of Raids by the Surelock Team
A tremendous week’s work. Simultaneous raids with Manchester and Tower Hamlets TS, multi agency raids at Charles House, Southall, raids with Suffolk TS and Brent & Harrow TS and over £1 million worth or our clients’ counterfeits seized. Great work by Surelock’s dedicated team, well done everyone and thanks to the respective authorities.
Woman from Arnold Found Guilty of Five Trade Mark Offences
An Arnold woman has received a six-month supervision order for selling counterfeit clothing via the social media site Facebook at Nottingham Magistrates Court this Wednesday (8 January). Laura Franks, 32, of Kingswell Avenue, Arnold, pleaded guilty to six offences against the Trade Marks Act 1994 and was also ordered to pay £600 towards prosecution costs […]
United Kingdom Defamation Act Now in Force
The Defamation Act 2013, in force since 1 January 2014, reforms the law of defamation in the UK. The Act aims to balance the right to freedom of expression and people’s ability to protect their reputation. It introduces a new serious harm threshold, which is meant to discourage trivial claims that harm freedom of speech. […]