On 20 March 2025, Jonathan Fisher KC published Part 1 of the findings of his independent review of disclosure and fraud offences (the report), following the release of his preliminary findings in April 2024. This week, Neil Swift, Fred Kelly and Zainab Bhadelia have analysed the key findings of Jonathan Fisher KC’s independent review for an […]
Yesterday, the first part of the Leveson Review was published. We have previously provided our views on the Leveson Review shortly after its announcement: The Leveson Review of Criminal Courts Sir Brian Leveson, the former President of the Queen’s Bench Division and Head of Criminal Justice for England and Wales, was tasked by the […]
Effective 26 June 2025, UK legislation expands whistleblowers’ employment law protections related to voluntary reports of suspected sanctions breaches by companies. While this move supports enforcement by encouraging private sector reporting, experts caution that the lack of incentives and delays in OFSI’s investigations of suspected breach reports may still mean whistleblowers suffer significant detriments in […]
Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP is delighted to announce a significant legal victory in the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, on behalf of its clients, Charles Claire LLP and Lynx Golf Limited. In a comprehensive and well-reasoned judgment handed down today by Deputy High Court Judge Charles Morrison ([2025] EWHC 1802 (Ch)), the […]
Peters & Peters successfully secured Mr Platon’s release on bail following a series of hotly contested hearings before Senior District Judge Goldspring at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. Mr Platon is accused in Moldova of fraud, money laundering and related offences. He is resisting extradition on the basis that his prosecution is politically motivated, extradition would be […]
What is the “shareholder rule”? Communications between a lawyer and their client, sought for the dominant purpose of giving or receiving legal advice, are protected by the English courts from disclosure due to the concept of legal professional privilege. For 135 years the shareholder rule had been acknowledged as one of few exceptions to […]
In this article for The Law Society Gazette, Jason Woodland and David Mohyuddin KC review the recent Supreme Court case of R v Luckhurst, which clarified the extent to which restraint orders will be varied to allow for payment of legal expenses incurred in related civil proceedings. The case also highlighted the different approach between […]
From left: Fabrice Dubest, Ben Fischer, Frédéric Bellanca, Brian Moore, Bob Quick, Laetitia Piroddi, Dave Wood, Andrew Wallis, Paul Johnson, Lee Whiteing On 15 November, together with our partners, we hosted a seminar on the legal implications for travel risk management (TRM) arising from the publication of ISO 31030. The seminar was aimed at senior […]
Following detailed representations from Peters & Peters, INTERPOL has deleted a diffusion request from the Russian Federation, in respect of a prominent Russian businessman. The Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF) found that maintaining data on Peters & Peters’ client may have adverse implications for INTERPOL’s neutrality, and that the data failed to […]
Peters & Peters has succeeded in having a claim against our client struck out. In a judgment handed down yesterday, the Chancellor of the High Court, Sir Julian Flaux struck out the claim in which the claimant alleged that the defendant, his brother, had hidden the existence of a trust allegedly created by their late […]
