Nick Vamos appears in worldwide media discussing the options available to Assange’s lawyers after being denied permission to appeal against a decision to extradite him to the U.S by the UK Supreme Court. Britain’s top court on Monday refused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange permission to appeal against a decision to extradite him to the U.S. […]
Anna Bradshaw explains the significance of the initiation of an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation into alleged crimes under international law perpetrated in connection with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the mechanism that the ICC offers for holding individuals accountable. BBC Radio Derby at 33:18 and 41:45 Times radio at 22:45
Neil Swift discusses the differences in the US and UK approach to whistleblowers and considers whether it’s time for a change in the UK. Read more.
Peters & Peters’ Head of Fraud and Commercial Disputes Jonathan Tickner has been featured as the ‘Lawyer in the News’ in The Law Society Gazette following the firm’s recent victory in the 11 year dispute between Servier and our client the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. Read here (page 11).
Peters & Peters’ Senior Partner explains: the test is a low one and could hit a lot of people across a wide range of industries. View here from 31:06 (3 March 2022).
Sanctions expert Anna Bradshaw appears on BBC Radio Bristol discussing the approach the West has taken to impose sanctions in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Listen here from 52:59.
On Tuesday 22nd of February 2022, Charlotte Tregunna moderated the AIJA (International Association of Young Lawyers) webinar entitled INTERPOL: What has it achieved and what does its future look like from a human rights perspective? Charlotte interviewed Rutsel Martha, former General Counsel of INTERPOL and moderated the panel discussion which explored a range of topics […]
Michael O’Kane says Kremlin-linked oligarchs have had time to get their liquid assets out of the US, UK, and Europe to somewhere safer. “The sanctions come very late, and many of them will have taken steps to protect themselves”. Read more.
Sanctions expert and RUSI (Royal United Services Institute) Associate Fellow, Anna Bradshaw discusses the role sanctions play, the wider challenges related to sanctions and their use, and where the future of sanctions lie in the context of the current Russia-Ukraine crisis. Listen here.
In the latest twist to the Covid loans saga, MPs on the public accounts committee have damned HM Revenue & Customs for “ignorance and inaction” over the £4billion of fraud effectively “written off”. Fraudulent shell companies registered in the UK are alleged to be many of the recipients of these loans. Read more.
