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THE REPORT OF THE FRAUD TRIALS COMMITTEE
Major changes proposed in the law and procedures for combatting fraud
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The Report of the Fraud Trials Committee is published today
(10 January). The Committee, under the chairmanship of Lord Roskill,
calls for fundamental changes in the law - and in attitudes and procedures
- if the perpetrators of serious fraud are to be "swiftly and effectively
discovered, convicted and punished".
In an introductory summary to its 250-page Report the 8-
member Committee states that in relation to serious crimes of fraud and
to the skilful and determined criminals who commit them "the present
legal system is archaic, cumbersome and unreliable"; it offers "an open
invitation to blatant delay and abuse". The Committee emphasises that
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"The Report of the Fraud Trials Committee." HMSO £9 net. "A Report of Four Research Studies". HMSO £4.50 net.
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