On 14 March 2023, Mr Justice Jay handed down judgment in LLC Synesis v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs [2023] EWHC 541 (Admin). The case is the first to come before the UK courts under the Court Review provision under section 38 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (SAMLA). […]
Our client, a young man from a wealthy and prominent overseas family, was found not guilty of all charges against him following a two-week trial at Southwark Crown Court in February 2023. Accusations made by his former girlfriend had resulted in a six-count indictment, including allegations of sexual assault, false imprisonment and rape. He was […]
Eugene Shvidler, a billionaire who has been associated with oligarch Roman Abramovich, has launched the first challenge to the UK’s Russian sanctions regime in a London court. Peters & Peters, which represents Shvidler, filed the claim last month, arguing that the UK had made “significant errors” in assessing his relationship with Abramovich. Michael O’Kane told […]
The Skatteforvaltningen (the Danish Customs and Tax Administration) (SKAT) litigation, by which the Danish tax authorities have been pursuing very extensive claims of alleged tax fraud, is one of the most significant currently before the English court. It has produced scores of judgments of varying usefulness to those engaged in more constrained proceedings. Notwithstanding the […]
Three French NGOs – Oxfam France, Friends of the Earth France and Notre Affaire à Tous – are bringing proceedings in France against BNP Parisbas, one of Europe’s largest financial institutions, in connection with its financing of fossil fuel polluters. The trio is arguing that the bank is failing to comply with its obligations under […]
Head of Business Crime Nick Vamos was interviewed for Legal Business’ Life During Law column. Nick spoke about how he ended up following his mum’s and future wife’s advice to pursue a career as a barrister, how things progressed from there and why he does not believe in planning his career too much. After leaving […]
The government’s long-awaited white paper outlining major reforms to football in England has now been published. As expected, it proposes the introduction of a new independent regulator to ensure the sustainability and resilience of English football as its major recommendation to shake up football governance in this country. Other proposals include: – a new licensing […]
When someone has been arrested and detained by the police on suspicion of a criminal offence, the police have the power to release that person – who is now considered a suspect – pending further enquiries. In doing so, they will need to decide whether to impose any restrictions on the suspect’s ability to abscond, […]
The monthly insolvency statistics for October 2022 (published by the Insolvency Service in November) show that corporate insolvencies have risen 38% from the same month in the previous year and are 32% higher than pre-pandemic. Insolvency practitioners, lawyers and advisers are therefore gearing up for further rises in insolvencies as the economic climate is expected […]
As Lord Reed recognised, the appeal before the Supreme Court on the case of BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana S.A. & Others raised questions of considerable importance for company law. The issue was whether the trigger for the directors’ duty to consider creditors is merely a real risk of – as opposed to a profitability […]
