We act for a UK-based company director in relation to an ongoing criminal investigation by the Metropolitan Police into an international Ponzi-type investment fraud. It is alleged that another director of the relevant group of companies defrauded investors across Europe and Asia in respect of an investment into sustainable residential development in South America. Following […]
Peters & Peters successfully acted for a major international engineering company and its overseas parent Group working primarily in the offshore oil and gas, renewable energy and telecoms market. The company was the subject of an investigation by HMRC for potential export controls and sanctions breaches in relation to the export of dual-use marine goods […]
Our clients are a British businessman and his UK-regulated money service business. The client is charged, alongside his UAE-based companies, with serious money laundering and terrorism financing offences. The UAE prosecution involves over 40 defendants and is of particular interest as the evidence of terrorist links appears to be almost exclusively based on publicly available […]
We act for two individuals whose home was raided on suspicion that their electronic devices contained indecent images of children. The police investigation is ongoing. We have advised the clients on the law regarding possession and distribution of images and likely penalties. We have liaised with the employer of one of our clients in relation to […]
The client is part of a wealthy, prominent family from a European country. He has been accused, while in the UK, of kidnapping, raping and blackmailing his former girlfriend, also from a wealthy and prominent family in the same country. We ensured that our client was released under investigation so that he could return to […]
Peters & Peters demonstrate that the Russian Federation is still incapable of meeting required human rights standards On 9 December 2019 Senior District Judge Arbuthnot discharged our client, Ms Olga Egorova, and three other requested persons whose extradition was sought by the Russian Federation. The requested persons were unconnected to one another and had been […]
Peters & Peters demonstrate that the Russian Federation is still incapable of meeting required human rights standards On 9 December 2019 Senior District Judge Arbuthnot discharged our client, Ms Olga Egorova, and three other requested persons whose extradition was sought by the Russian Federation. The requested persons were unconnected to one another and had been […]
Carpenter Rees Ltd were denied a summary judgment application to strike out the negligence claims which were brought by former soccer players over a failed tax relief scheme. Their claim that the investors waited too long to the file the suit was rejected. Jonathan Tickner who acted for the Claimants said, “the Claimants now welcome […]
INTRODUCTION On 30 April 2020, the High Court in Andrew Cole & Ors v Scion Limited & Ors dismissed an application for summary judgment brought by Carpenter Rees Limited, the Third Defendant, on the grounds that the Claimants had demonstrated reasonable prospects of success in proving that their claims were not statute-barred. The judgment, available here, offers a […]
INTRODUCTION On 30 April 2020, the High Court in Andrew Cole & Ors v Scion Limited & Ors dismissed an application for summary judgment brought by Carpenter Rees Limited, the Third Defendant, on the grounds that the Claimants had demonstrated reasonable prospects of success in proving that their claims were not statute-barred. The judgment, available […]
