135. The Lincoln’s Inn apparition As ghost stories go, the phantom of Lincoln’s Inn Fields remains one of London’s most bizarre. On February 25th 1913 a group of men standing and chatting near the lodge of the local legal offices were alarmed by a terrifying …
When it comes to cons, John Wilmot, a City barrister, didn’t just go big, he went jumbo. He attempted to get £17.5 million in VAT repayments by claiming he bought and sold four Boeing 747 engines for £100 million. What a barrister would be doing …
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