Extract from “Ordinary’s Account” of executions at the Tyburn on 23rd March 1752
Published on 31 March 2020
We have recently published three blogs about economic crime in the modern day and its equivalents in the Old Bailey archives, with special references to the “Ordinary’s Accounts”: the Newgate prison chaplain’s narrative about each condemned […]
The heinous crime of Thomas Wood…but he did not get to face the drop.
Published on 26 March 2020
We have previously examined the archives of Old Bailey proceedings for precedent offences to those of issuing Stablecoin (“coin clipping”) and issuing Bitcoin (“uttering counterfeit currency”).
To close the loop we need to take a position on the running
of […]
The chaplain’s account of the demise of divers traiterous malefactors
Published on 24 March 2020
The archives of Old Bailey proceedings are detailed in their coverage of offences to do with the Coin of the Realm, and infringements thereof.
In a previous blog we explored whether Stablecoin was an
example of “coin clipping” because, although supposedly backed by fiat
currency, […]
Benjamin Smith’s Treason: Clipping the King’s Coin
Published on 22 March 2020
I count myself very lucky in the current difficulties for many things, including having an Open University MA in English local history to be getting on with. It is 100% remote and can be done on a social-distance or self-isolation basis, apart from missing out […]
Published on 28 February 2020
The Euro is a currency without a Eurozone sovereign legal person backing it. Swathes of Eurozone financial assets are rated and accounted for as if there was such a legal person, whereas the backing for these assets is far less impressive.
The consequence is that the Eurozone
financial system is far less well-capitalised […]
Published on 5 November 2019
I have taken on the role for one year of chair of the trade association for the UK’s Payment Institutions. This is the Association of UK Payment Institutions and I will be attempting, as my main focus, to resolve the issue around bank accounts in the UK.
Since UK banks have started […]
Important forenote
Published on 28 October 2019
“It is a great pleasure to make this address to you as the Managing Director designate of the UK’s Payment Systems Regulator.
I would like
simply to outline the nine focus areas for the first year of my tenure in this
role.
With your
kind permission I will dispense with any flannel about the background […]
Published on 25 October 2019
The UK was a major participant in the financial bailout of the Republic of Ireland in 2010-2014, and will remain so under the Withdrawal Agreement, notwithstanding its leaving the EU.
The bailout loans from the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism (“EFSM”), the European Financial Stability Facility (“EFSF”) and the International Monetary Fund (“IMF”) […]
Published on 15 October 2019
Today Global Britain launched a joint paper written by ourselves and Ewen Stewart, entitled “The Irish economic miracle – fact or fiction?”.
Click here to access the paper
The paper exposes how the Republic of Ireland has established
itself as a tax haven within the European Union, to the benefit of itself and
of the […]
Published on 24 September 2019
It is surprising to find nothing on the agenda of SIBOS conference or the SWIFT Payments Market Practice Group about the recent court decision that negates vital content of the SWIFT Message Reference Guide and BIS and PMPG documents on the subject of MT202 COV.
The issue is the extent of the […]