Corporate Crime analysis: Display bolder ambition, boost spending, and uncover more wrongdoing. These are the demands made of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and government in a new spotlight on corruption briefing, setting out eight recommendations by which this can be achieved. In an article published by LexisNexis, Joseph Duggin and Joseph Skilton discuss […]
Effective 26 June 2025, UK legislation expands whistleblowers’ employment law protections related to voluntary reports of suspected sanctions breaches by companies. While this move supports enforcement by encouraging private sector reporting, experts caution that the lack of incentives and delays in OFSI’s investigations of suspected breach reports may still mean whistleblowers suffer significant detriments in […]
Yesterday, the first part of the Leveson Review was published. We have previously provided our views on the Leveson Review shortly after its announcement: The Leveson Review of Criminal Courts Sir Brian Leveson, the former President of the Queen’s Bench Division and Head of Criminal Justice for England and Wales, was tasked by the […]
In June of this year, the French Senate almost unanimously backed a bill aimed at regulating the ultra-fast fashion industry. The bill aims to tackle the environmental and economic consequences of ultra-fast fashion and, if implemented, would ban advertising of ultra-fast fashion and impose sanctions on influencers who promote such products. The bill proposes […]
On 20 March 2025, Jonathan Fisher KC published Part 1 of the findings of his independent review of disclosure and fraud offences (the report), following the release of his preliminary findings in April 2024. This week, Neil Swift, Fred Kelly and Zainab Bhadelia have analysed the key findings of Jonathan Fisher KC’s independent review for an […]
On 13 June 2024, Peters & Peters’ client Mr Alexey Fisun was removed from the UK Sanctions List. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the UK government imposed sanctions on persons believed to benefit from or support the Russian government. Mr Fisun was designated by the UK in September 2022, […]
The Republic of Mozambique, acting through its Attorney General, has succeeded on a joinder application with respect to the heirs of the late Mr Iskandar Safa. Mr Safa, who was the Twelfth Defendant in the Commercial Court litigation which resulted in a judgment in the Republic’s favour valued in the billions of dollars, died following […]
One of the United Kingdom’s hastily pulled-together schemes to assist businesses during the Covid-19 crisis is believed to have been abused to the extent of £1.88bn, flagged by lenders as suspected fraud. Paul Johnson and Stephanie Williams have co-authored a piece for Fraud Intelligence where they discuss legal tools and sample cases in a […]
The client, a young man of good character, was intercepted upon arrival into Heathrow Airport by Border Control Officers, and charged with importation of cannabis with a street value of over £500,000. We were instructed by our client after he had entered a guilty plea to the offence, very shortly before the sentencing hearing. The […]
Last month, the Civil Justice Council published the Enforcement Working Group’s report on how to improve the enforcement of judgments and consequential orders. The members of the working group were focused on how to make the enforcement process more efficient, economical and successful. In a thought-provoking article for The Law Gazette Sarah Gabriel and […]
