The role of the Civil Justice Committee is to keep under review, and to promote improvements in civil litigation, including dispute resolution and to provide guidance to the profession and answer queries. Vlad’s appointment is for three years.”
Political agreement has finally been reached on amendments to the EU’s Fourth Money Laundering Directive. Anna Bradshaw is quoted in a commentary by the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS)/MONEYLAUNDERING.COM
Peters & Peters is representing a group of investors seeking redress against Scion Films for losses incurred as a result of investments in film tax schemes. Scion promoted a number of tax schemes for films such as Atonement, Eastern Promises and Mr Bean’s Holiday. The proceedings are in addition to, but separate from, the ongoing […]
Anna, alongside ACAMS Chapter members from across Europe will discuss relevant developments in AML regulation during 2017 and what can be expected in 2018. This free webinar is directed at Compliance Officers, legal advisors, law enforcement, industry consultants and regulatory representatives and covers the following learning objectives: Obtaining a consolidated understanding of the overall European […]
Partner Anna Bradshaw is interviewed by the ACAMS MoneyLaundering.com on the vote this week by the House of Lords, defeating proposals that would have conferred wide powers on ministers to create new criminal offences for breaches of sanctions and anti-money laundering legislation. The article, “UK Ministers Lose Parliamentary Support for Unilateral Sanctions Powers”, is available […]
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been criticised by legal experts for their lack of attention to insider dealing cases, LIBOR and other bank rate cases are blamed. Business crime partner, Neil Swift provides his reasons as to why this may be, suggesting that regulators tend to “only pursue cases where the likelihood of conviction […]
Partners Neil Swift and Anna Bradshaw will each chair a day of Infoline’s 4th Annual AML, Financial Crime & Sanctions forum in London. This forum will help benchmark your compliance processes and understand the impact of regulatory developments. As well as chair, both will moderate various sessions throughout the forum. Read the full forum agenda […]
Partner Nick Vamos on the question ‘Are high net worth individuals protected from extradition? To answer this, he reviews the current extradition landscape. Read the full article in the Global Banking & Finance review here.
Peters & Peters is acting for the CEO of a multinational company in preliminary reference proceedings heard before the Court of Justice of the European Union on 28 February 2018. The preliminary reference relates to the interpretation of the EU legal framework on the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) and the surrender procedures between EU Member […]
Since Russia invaded Ukraine two years ago, the UK, US, EU and other jurisdictions have imposed a plethora of sanctions on Russia, including on business figures who are believed to have links with the Kremlin. In the UK, a designated person can challenge their designation, first to the minister who made the designation and, if […]
