Following in the wake of the Leveson Independent Review of the Criminal Courts and the Independent Sentencing Review Report, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has published its AI Action Plan for Justice. This is a policy document that signals a restrained approach to AI, acknowledging the concerns about, and limitations of, artificial intelligence in a system […]
UniCredit will appeal to the UK Supreme Court in December 2025 over its right to withhold $69.3 million in payments for Russian aircraft leases, in a case that could clarify how UK sanctions affect commercial obligations and the use of letters of credit involving sanctioned entities. In an article published by Law360, Liam Lane […]
Earlier this month, the government released guidance on the new corporate criminal offence of failure to prevent (FTP) fraud. In the first of a series of four articles, we analysed what companies and their advisers need to know about this significant development. In this second instalment, we explain how ESG fraud is likely to be […]
By publishing the fifth iteration of the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (CHRB) on 21 November 2022, the World Benchmarking Alliance continues to publicly rank companies with the aim of incentivising certain industries to improve their human rights performance by helping them to better understand the current level of practice among competitors. Methodology The CHRB focuses […]
Peters & Peters have succeeded in having a diffusion request deleted from INTERPOL for our client, a prominent Russian philanthropist and businessman. Our client was accused of a large-scale fraud in the Russian Federation and was convicted and sentenced in absentia. As a result, our client became the subject of a diffusion request at the […]
The UK government has warned businesses and individuals in five former Soviet states—Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan—that they could be sanctioned if they help Russia evade Western restrictions. The policy move highlights the widespread perception that each of these countries has a key role in sanctions circumvention, due to their trade ties and geographical […]
Peters & Peters is pleased to report the recent judgment of the Court of Appeal upholding a substantial part of the judgment debt our firm had obtained on the summary basis in April 2024 against JNFX Limited, a London-based foreign exchange and payment services provider. The unanimous decision handed down by the Court of Appeal […]
Peters & Peters is pleased to have secured a suspended sentence for our client, Matthew West, in relation to proceedings brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for insider dealing. Mr West was formerly a self-employed trader in the City, who earlier this year pleaded guilty to five counts of insider dealing. Mr West’s […]
The Iron Throne at Number 10 is now firmly occupied by our new Prime Minister. But how long he will remain in that position remains a vexed question. Recent news reports – or more accurately perhaps – leaks from the Whitehall sieve (whatever happened to the “30-year rule” governing inter alia confidential Cabinet meetings) suggest […]
Partner Anna Bradshaw speaks to Channel 5 news about the factors that are relevant to decisions to cooperate with overseas investigations, following criticisms of Prince Andrew’s lack of cooperation by the US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and lawyers representing civil plaintiffs in US litigation. Listen from 1:40
