Court of Appeal dismisses Servier’s appeal on the application of the EU law principle of Res Judicata and the extent to which factual findings are binding on the English Court

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The Court of Appeal has today handed down judgment in Secretary of State for Health and others v Servier Laboratories [2019] EWCA Civ 1096. The Court of Appeal dismissed Servier’s appeal against Roth J’s decision that findings of fact made by the General Court in its judgment in Servier v Commission Case T-691/14 handed down on 12 December 2018 […]

Brick Court and Peters & Peters Seminar: Fraud, Corruption and Sanctions in International Commercial Arbitration – 11 July 2019

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Thursday 11 July 2019 at 6.30pm followed by drinks Museum of London Terrace Gallery, 150 London Wall, EC2Y 5HN Jointly presented by Brick Court Chambers and Peters & Peters, this seminar will focus on the difficult issues which arise when serious allegations of fraud and corruption are made in the context of international commercial arbitrations, […]

Partner Nick Vamos is interviewed on BBC News 24 about whether the suspects accused of shooting down flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014 could ever face justice

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On 19 June 2019,  Dutch prosecutors announced murder charges against three Russians and a Ukrainian involved in the shooting down of flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014 resulting in 298 deaths.  In an interview on BBC News 24, Partner Nick Vamos explained that it was unlikely that the suspects could ever face justice because neither […]

Partner Jasvinder Nakhwal and Associate Craig Hogg discuss international cooperation with foreign enforcement agencies, in the area of financial crime, in Financier Worldwide

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Over the last 18 months, the UK has seen a number of significant changes in the area of international cooperation in financial crime matters, most notably through the widening of unexplained wealth order (UWO) and account freezing order (AFO) regimes, through an amendment made to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, and the introduction of […]

P&P staff April, Sarika, David and Ella attend the Mayor’s 10th birthday bash to celebrate the work of the Mayor’s fund which champions social mobility for young Londoners

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Peters & Peters have partnered with one of the fund’s major charities, Access Aspiration, volunteering in non-selective state schools with disadvantaged students aged 16-18 to give them the confidence, employability skills and aspirations for a successful future.

Partner Anna Bradshaw speaks on financial crime enforcement and on the UK Bribery Act at International conferences in Berlin and Istanbul

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Partner Anna Bradshaw spoke at the 15th Annual AML and Anti- Financial Crime Europe Conference of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) held in Berlin on 13 June, joining a panel discussion on Examining Recent Enforcement Actions for Critical Lessons in Transparency and Collaboration. She will be speaking on the UK Bribery Act at […]

Partner Hannah Laming discusses Account Freezing and Forfeiture Orders in the Wealth Briefing

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Should UK law enforcement authorities suspect that money is derived from, or will be used for, criminal activities, they have a potentially devastating tool at their disposal : Account Freezing and Forfeiture Orders (“AFFOs”). Whilst AFFOs have received far less media attention than Unexplained Wealth Orders (“UWOs”), they are a serious cause for concern. Only […]

Partner Maria Cronin and Associate Craig Hogg discuss SFO informants in The Law Society Gazette

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Lisa Osofsky, director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), has outlined proposals to introduce a US-style informant system in the UK, modelled on US plea-bargaining arrangements. These latest proposals – although currently no more than mere overtures – raise a number of practical and theoretical issues which, if not addressed, may serve to compound the […]

Senior partner Michael O’Kane comments on the Foreign Affairs Committee report on the future of the UK sanctions policy in LexisNexis

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Senior partner Michael O’Kane comments on the Foreign Affairs Committee report on the future of the UK sanctions policy in LexisNexis. Read here

Partner Neil Swift comments in IBA Global Insight about obstacles to greater financial transparency

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UK parliament was due to debate a bill which would require the UK’s crown dependencies to introduce public registers in order to bring about greater transparency in the hope of preventing illicit financial flows. However, the government has subsequently withdrawn the debate on the bill from the House of commons schedule. Partner Neil Swift says […]