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Fraud Investigations And Management - Delivering The Best For Your Client
Duration: 2 hours
This seminar is accredited by the Solicitors Regulation Authority for 2 hours CPD training
Venue: Central London
Date: Thursday 29 March 2012, 10.30 am
Price: This seminar is £50.00 plus VAT, which will be donated to our nominated charity, Marie Curie Cancer Care.
Course overview:
This is a two-hour course designed to introduce lawyers to all aspects of fraud investigations management, asset identification and recovery. It will look at mechanisms for the prevention and investigation of fraud, the fraud 'team' and the identification and securing of information. It is aimed at the following:
Practice Partners
Practice Managers
Litigation Lawyers (all levels)
Litigation Support Managers
Legal IT Personnel
Course outline
The course deals with the following issues:
The course deals with the following issues:
Definition and current trends
This will look at an accepted definition of fraud and the fraud trends that are being seen in the present day.
The fraud investigation objective
This section will look at civil fraud investigation and the recovery of assets obtained as a result of the fraud. It will also look at mechanism to identify and prevent fraud.
The investigation response
This will provide attendees with an understanding of case management and control and will look at how you may be engaged and what you may require to bring the matter to an effective conclusion. It will deal with the formation and running of a fraud investigation team together with the resources and techniques that may be required as part of the investigation.
Information sources and their recovery
This will cover the types of information that may be useful to your investigation, where that information may be found, how it may be lawfully recovered and the impact of that information on your investigation in terms of its provenance, accuracy and bias.
The Overall Picture
It will open with an examination of what constitutes fraudulent activity in the present day environment, and the issues that impact upon the conduct and investigation of fraud. It will outline in simple terms the the objectives of fraud investigation including fraud prevention and asset recovery. It will move on to examine how an investigation is handled in terms of the response posture, the fraud investigation team, case management and evidence preservation, and fraud investigation techniques.The course will close by an examination of information sources, how they may be properly recovered and the real value of that information to an investigation.