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Leading Lawyer Carmen Dowd to join Peters & Peters as a Consultant
We are very pleased to announce that Carmen Dowd, who previously was the Head of the Crown Prosecution Service’s Special Crime Division, will be joining Peters & Peters in August 2008 as a Consultant in the Fraud and Regulatory department.
To read a press report from Legal Business July/August edition about this high profile appointment please click here
“Commercial Agreements – Competition Law Problems” Conference on 14 October 2008 at the Hatton Conference Centre, London
Jasvinder Nakhwal, an Associate in the Fraud and Regulatory department will be speaking on “Avoiding Competition Law Problems in Commercial Agreements” on 14th October 2008 at the above conference.
If you would be interested in attending or would like further information please click here
International Bar Association Conference 2008 in Buenos Aires 12-17 October 2008
Michael O’Kane, a Partner in the Fraud and Regulatory department is part of the Cartel panel who will be speaking on “Cartels: latest developments in international cartel enforcement” on Wednesday 15 October 2008 between 15:00 - 18:00pm
If you would be interested in attending or would like further information please click here
C5’s European Forum on “Avoiding Cartel Risks- Strategies for Responding to Increased EC, DOJ (US) and National Agency Enforcement Initiatives” Conference on 16 and 17 September 2008, Le Merridien, London, England
Michael O’Kane, a Partner in the Fraud and Regulatory department will be speaking on “The US Perspective on Cartel Enforcement: Assessing the Impact on European Companies” at the above conference on September 17 2008 at 12.30pm.
If you would be interested in attending or would like further information please click here
"Defending White Collar Crimes” at Georgetown University Law Centre, Washington DC 6-7 November 2008
Michael O’Kane, a Partner in the Fraud and Regulatory department will be speaking on Monday 6 November 2008 as part of a panel on "Jumping the Pond - International Criminal Investigations"
If you would be interested in attending or would like further information please click here
Regional Antitrust Conference Friday 24th October in Manchester, organised by City University Law School
Michael O’Kane, a Partner in the Fraud and Regulatory department will be speaking at the above conference as part of the criminal cartel panel on Monday 24 October 2008.
“Cartels: A Special type of Crime: Issues and Solutions” 15th July 2008 at Outer Temple Chambers
Michael O’Kane, a Partner in the Fraud and Regulatory department will be speaking at the above seminar on 15th July 2008.
If you would be interested in attending or would like further information please click here
Response to the Attorney General’s Office Consultation on The Introduction of a Plea Negotiation Framework for Fraud Cases in England and Wales
In response to the Attorney General’s consultation on plea negotiation in fraud cases, Monty Raphael, joint head of the Fraud and Regulatory Department has provided a response on behalf of the firm to this far reaching proposal.
To read the full response please click here
"Safeguarding the use of expert evidence: The EU & UK Perspective". Anand Doobay will be speaking on 23 September 2008 at The Law Society, Chancery Lane, London
Anand Doobay, Partner in the Fraud and Regulatory department and will be speaking at the above Law Society conference on 23 September 2008. Anand is also a member of the EU Task force in which The Law Society has been working in co-operation with the Bar Associations of Finland, Denmark, Italy and Slovenia to consider the theory and practice of existing safeguards and how they can be improved.
If you require more information about the conference or would like to attend please click on the link below
http://international.lawsociety.org.uk/node/3816
Anand Doobay contributes to “Blackstone Criminal Practice 2009”
Anand Doobay, Partner in the Fraud and Regulatory department has contributed his unique expertise to sections on EU criminal law and extradition in the forthcoming Blackstone Criminal Practice 2009 which will be published later this year.
If you would like more information about this publication, or would like to order, please click on the link below to the Oxford University Press.
http://www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780199553013
Peters & Peters successfully represents London Strategic Health Authority in a claim against ring of fraudulent pharmacists
We have recently represented the London Strategic Health Authority – instructed by the NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service (CFSMS) - in a claim by the NHS against a ring of pharmacists who made fraudulent claims for reimbursement of prescription charges based on forged prescription forms. Over 3,700 false claims were submitted between 1998 and 2001, costing the NHS almost £430,000
Many of the defendants settled the claims against them at an early stage following commencement of the proceedings. Following a four day trial
which commenced on 14 April 2008, Sir Andrew Park determined that the remaining defendant, Girish Pandya, had been intimately involved with the fraud, and was liable to the NHS in respect of the entire amount claimed. In total Mr Pandya was ordered to pay the NHS £346,496.59 in relation to its loss and interest to date and £213,449.96 indemnity costs, given his unreasonable behaviour. The NHS through CFSMS is pressing on with recovery of those sums.
Extradition success for Anand Doobay and Jasvinder Nakhwal
To read the full press release of the significant achievement of Anand Doobay and Jasvinder Nakhwal in assisting to defeat the extradition requests of Vladislav Kartashov and Ivan Kolesnikov please click here
“C5 European Forum on Conducting, Managing and Responding to Internal and Regulatory Investigations”-Michael O’Kane to speak on 25th June 2008, at Hotel Bristol Stephanie, Brussels, Belgium.
Michael O’Kane, Partner in the Fraud and Regulatory department will be speaking on “Understanding Current Regulator Approaches and Managing Regulator Relationships.” at the above conference in Belgium on 25th June 2008. If you would be interested in attending please click here
“Reforming Bribery”-Response to the Law Commission Consultation Paper 185
Monty Raphael, Joint Head of the Fraud and Regulatory Department and Ben Summers, Partner in the Fraud and Regulatory Department have prepared a response dated 31st March 2008 to the Law Commission Consultation Paper 185 “Reforming Bribery”.
To read their full response please click here
Anand Doobay and Tony Lewis part of the Government’s ‘Financial Court Working Group’
Anand Doobay (on behalf of the Law Society of England and Wales) and Tony Lewis, Partners at Peters & Peters have been appointed to take part in this working group following from the raud Review commissioned by the Attorney General and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury. The Working Group are currently considering the benefit of establishing a Financial Court, and Anand and Tony have been appointed because of their particular expertise in Fraud and Financial Crime. The working group will consider and report on the cost/benefits of establishing a Financial Court jurisdiction for the High Court of England and Wales.
Peters & Peters succeeds against HMRC in the largest ever MTIC Prosecution
Peters & Peters recently represented an exporter of mobile telephones charged with cheating the Revenue and money laundering in an MTIC fraud. HM Revenue & Customs described it as the largest MTIC prosecution bought, with alleged VAT losses of £250million. In this case HMRC took the unusual step of charging a number of exporters, as well as those more proximate to the misappropriation of VAT. Following careful analysis of the case against our client we successfully applied for dismissal of the charges at Southwark Crown Court, on the basis that the evidence was insufficient for a properly directed jury to convict. HMRC then sought to persuade a High Court Judge that there were grounds to use the exceptional procedure of a Voluntary Bill of Indictment to recommence the proceedings. We successfully opposed that application, resulting in an award of costs against HMRC.
Monty Raphael and Anand Doobay contribute to “Fraud: Criminal Law and Procedure” published by Oxford University Press on 17th April 2008.
Monty Raphael and Anand Doobay have contributed their considerable expertise on Money Laundering to the Looseleaf publication “Fraud: Criminal Law and Procedure” edited by David Ormerod and Clare Montgomery QC and published by Oxford University Press on 17th April 2008.
If you would like more information about this publication, or would like to order, please click on the link below to the
Oxford University Press
http://www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780199235308
Monty Raphael named as one of the "Top Ten Crisis Lawyers"
Monty Raphael has been named as one of the top ten crisis lawyers in an article entitled “Panic Stations” in Legal Business December/January 2008.
To read an extract about Monty from Legal Business please click here for PDF
Monty Raphael named in the “The Lawyer” in their 20th Anniversary Edition “Hall of Fame: The great and the good”
“The doyen of fraud work, Monty Raphael has been involved in virtually every major case of the 1980s and 1990s, when white-collar crime came to be recognised as a major legal discipline. His eminence in anti-money laundering matters has given birth to a new generation of leading specialists at his firm Peters & Peters”
Corruption-Corporate Risk Seminar
Monty Raphael, Ben Summers and the Director of the Serious Fraud Office, Robert Wardle delivered a series of engaging lectures on 21 November 2007.
To read Ben Summer's paper entitled “Corruption: UK Corporate Risk after BAE”please click here
Implementing the Third Money Laundering Directive: Draft Terrorism Act 2000 and Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Amendment) Regulations 2007
The Law Society’s response to the Home Office consultation
David McCluskey, Partner in the Fraud and Regulatory Department, has worked closely with The Law Society in drafting the Law Society’s Response to The Third Money Laundering Directive: Draft Terrorism Act 2000 and Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Amendment) Regulations 2007
To read the Law Society’s response please click here for PDF
Chambers UK 2008 "A Client's Guide to the UK Legal Profession"
Peters & Peters renowned expertise has yet again been recognised in the Chambers & Partners 2008 Directory. For Chambers reviews please click on the About Us tab.
New Partner
We are pleased to announce that Ben Summers becomes a Partner in our Fraud and Regulatory department with effect from 1 November 2007