Partner Neil Swift’s article ‘The winds of change?’ in the latest issue of Incompliance discusses whether more should be done to incentivise and reward UK Whistleblowers.

Brian McDonald November 16, 2018 0 Comments

Partner Neil Swift considers the different approaches to whistleblowers taken by different enforcement agencies and asks whether more should be done to incentivise and reward UK whistleblowers. Click here for the article. This article was first published in inCOMPLIANCE, the magazine of the International Compliance Association: https://www.int-comp.org

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P&P donates £90,000 of laptops to support online learning

Brian McDonald April 16, 2021 0 Comments

We are very pleased to announce that Peters & Peters has donated laptops worth £90,000 to students at two inner London schools, Brampton Manor Academy in Newham and Lilian Baylis Technology in Kennington, working with social mobility charity Access Aspiration. This is the latest in a series of steps we’ve taken to support these schools, […]

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A setback for the SFO on mutual legal assistance – Jasvinder Nakhwal and Nick Vamos discuss in The Law Society Gazette

Brian McDonald April 14, 2021 0 Comments

In February the Supreme Court handed down judgment in R (on the application of KBR, Inc) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office, in which it unanimously reversed a 2018 High Court ruling on the territorial scope of section 2(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1987. Section 2(3) empowers the SFO director to issue a notice […]

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Partner Maria Cronin and Associate Eamon McCarthy-Keen discuss how the ‘Industry must be clear on AFOs’ in their article published by the FT Advisor.

Brian McDonald November 16, 2018 0 Comments

Since 31 January  2018, UK law enforcement has had a number of new powers at its disposal, introduced into the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 by the Criminal Finances Act 2017. These provide UK law enforcement with potentially ground-breaking new powers to freeze and recover the alleged proceeds of crime. Lesser known provisions, which involve […]

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Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and the rise of crypto frauds – P&P’s Keith Oliver and Amalia Neenan discuss in City A.M

Brian McDonald April 12, 2021 0 Comments

NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) are a new kind of digital asset that operate on blockchain. Most NFTs run on the Ethereum blockchain but are not themselves Ether. The concept of non-fungibility is important to distinguish their function in that fungible tokens like Bitcoin or Ether can be exchanged like-for-like. Read more

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Partner Anna Bradshaw is quoted in MoneyLaundering.com discussing the EU’s attempts to save the Iran nuclear deal through blocking legislation

Brian McDonald November 19, 2018 0 Comments

Anna Bradshaw comments on reports that the European Commission has received just five applications for authorisations under the EU blocking statute, after its extension in the wake of the US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Iran. Read more.

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Partner Neil Swift invited to provide oral evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Bribery Act

Brian McDonald November 21, 2018 0 Comments

The Select Committee on the Bribery Act 2010 was appointed on 17 May 2018 to carry out post-legislative scrutiny of the Act, its operation and its enforcement, and to make recommendations to the Government. The committee invited members of the Judiciary, law enforcement, NGOs and the legal profession to provide oral evidence. Neil Swift’s evidence […]

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Associate Rebecca Meads discusses Interpol Red Notices at DELF Educational Event

Brian McDonald November 28, 2018 0 Comments

Associate Rebecca Meads discusses the increasingly significant and important area of Interpol Red Notices: Practice and Procedure at the DELF Committee’s Autumn seminar 2018. Read more. 

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CDR Essential Intelligence – Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery 2021

Brian McDonald March 23, 2021 0 Comments

We are delighted to announce that Keith Oliver and Amalia Neenan have authored a chapter in the latest CDR Essential Intelligence – Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery 2021 publication. Keith also served as the Contributing Editor for the 2021 edition. Due to the worldwide economic downturn in the wake of Covid-19, the threat of fraud […]

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Partner Jasvinder Nakhwal discusses Interpol reform in The Times

Brian McDonald November 28, 2018 0 Comments

The recent prospect of a Russian presidency of Interpol brought about urgent international debate, albeit late in the day, about the institutional integrity of the organization. It is paramount that the discussion continues. Interpol is an organisation with far-reaching effects on the fundamental freedoms of individuals, so its opaque dealings, lack of external judicial oversight […]

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