Webinar: Keith Oliver’s war stories from 40 years at the front
Keith Oliver will be co-chairing the ACI/C5 webinar on “war stories” on August 11 at 3pm UK time. This will be an opportunity to hear about past famous and infamous legal battles.
Senior Partner Michael O’Kane is quoted in the Financial Times about the probe into the SFO Director
The legal community, politicians and anti-corruption groups have expressed their disappointment about Suella Braveman, the UK attorney-general for staying clear of the investigation by the Serious Fraud Office into the conduct of its director despite being in charge of the agency. Senior partner Michael O’Kane agreed that the attorney-general should take a role in the […]
Associate Alice McDonald discusses a recent High Court judgment in which a fraud trial was adjourned on the basis of human rights considerations
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Partner Anna Bradshaw writes on the use of financial sanctions as a weapon for combatting grand corruption
Partner Anna Bradshaw contributes to the recently published edited collection on ‘Corruption, Integrity and the Law: Global Regulatory Challenges’, part of the Routledge series on The Law of Financial Crime. The book is available for purchase here .
Michael O’Kane shares his thoughts on how the UK can hit back at Russia over spy poisoning – CNN Money
Senior partner, Michael O’Kane says London was the “first port of call” for wealthy Russians. He said that “Russians were attracted to the UK because of the country’s established legal system. They like the stability of being able to park their assets in London.” “In reality targeting the perpetrators will make little difference as they […]
Jasvinder Nakhwal features in Bloomberg’s ‘Sexism is a hard thing to bring up’ – International Women’s Day
Partner Jasvinder Nakhwal, discusses Peters & Peters’ attitude towards women in our workplace in response to the fifth anniversary of ‘Lean in’ Chief Operating Officers Sheryl Sandbergs book on gender equality. In this piece published by Bloomsberg, women and men share their experiences of equality in the workforce on International Women’s Day. Read here.
Partner Nick Vamos talks Mutual Legal Assistance at the Fair Trials Annual Conference of the Legal Experts Advisory Panel (LEAP)
LEAP the “European network of criminal defence lawyers, academics, and NGO activists fighting to uphold the right to a fair trial in their national jurisdictions” come together at this annual conference to discuss “critical challenges in the fight to ensure that fundamental human rights are respected in European criminal justice systems and to plan how to overcome […]
Partner Nick Vamos on TRT Newsmaker discussing the Salih Muslim case and whether he will be extradited to Turkey
Former Head of Extradition for the CPS, now partner at Peters & Peters Nick Vamos was interviewed by TRT Newsmaker where he discusses the recent arrest in Prague of Salih Muslim, the former co-chairman of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) who is accused by Turkey of terrorist offences. Nick explains the extradition process and […]
European Sanctions blog is selected as one of the Top 30 European Law Blogs on the web
The most comprehensive list of Top 30 European Law Blogs has been released and the European Sanctions blog, co-written by Senior Partner, Michael O’Kane. Read more.
First summary discharge of extradition proceedings on basis of Article 6
Peters & Peters represented a Russian businessman, DS, in relation to an extradition request from the Russian Federation. The case was described as “quite extraordinary” by Senior District Judge Arbuthnott. The extradition request was for DS to stand trial for his alleged role in orchestrating an attempted murder. The person convicted of the attempted murder […]