Peters & Peters advised a firm of accountants on its response to a production order sought by the police in the course of an investigation into money laundering and terrorist financing. The police investigation arose out of an HMRC investigation into one of the accountancy firm’s clients, concerning allegations of tax evasion. Peters & Peters […]
The firm represented Mr Snee, the former managing director of Franklin Hodge Industries. Nigel Snee pleaded guilty to an offence under the Enterprise Act 2002. The maximum sentence in respect of the cartel offence is five years’ imprisonment. However, on 14 September 2015, Mr Snee was sentenced to 6 months’ imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, […]
Anna Bradshaw was interviewed by DW News about the EU’s latest package of sanctions against Russia, discussing why sanctions so far have not had the desired effect of crippling the Russian economy so that it would not be able to afford the war in Ukraine. Anna spoke on the continuing development of so-called ‘smart’ sanctions, […]
Corporate Crime analysis: Neil Swift, partner in the business crime team at Peters & Peters, looks at the most significant developments in 2015 in the area of bribery and corruption. To read the full article please click the link below: Bribery and corruption—2015 in review
We acted for a Egyptian client who was convicted in 2009, in absentia, of offences of wrongful killing and wrongful injury. As a result, our client became the subject of an INTERPOL Red Notice at the request of the Egyptian authorities. We made strong and detailed submissions to INTERPOL to the effect that there […]
Partner, Neil Swift was interviewed by BBC One programme, South East, about the UK’s failed attempt to extradite John Soares from the Reunion Islands, a French Overseas Territory in the Indian Ocean. Neil explained the options available to law enforcement following a French judge’s decision to reject the extradition request.
On 28 February 2018, Peters & Peters represented the CEO of a multinational company in preliminary reference proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Union. The case concerns the circumstances in which EU Member States are obliged to execute European Arrest Warrants, and in particular the proper application of the principle of ne […]
Peters & Peters are pleased to announce the publication of proceedings from the 2017 conference of the European Criminal Law Academics Network (ECLAN) on ‘European Criminal Law in the Global Context’, at which Dr Anna Bradshaw spoke. An abstract from Anna’s speech, on EU sanctions, is at page 50. Read more.
Partner Jason Woodland will be speaking at a conference in Budapest to celebrate the launch of this book, of which Jason was one of the authors. Jason will be speaking on a panel, alongside lawyers from the Netherlands, Austria and Hungary, discussing the book and the latest trends and developments in anti-trust/competition litigation. For further […]
The risk of breaching Russian sanctions remains a top concern for European banks, corporations and wealthy individuals despite market tensions surrounding the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran deal. Some wealthy Russians in London are concerned about their ability to use their bank accounts, as financial institutions are closing accounts to avoid the risk of sanctions […]
