We are delighted to announce that Maria Cronin and Emma Ruane will be speaking at the FIRE (Fraud, Insolvency, Recovery, Enforcement) webinar on 23 February 2021. This is the second event in a series of virtual discussions around the criminal, regulatory & civil issues that asset recovery practitioners need to know about. This session will […]
C5’s Virtual 15th Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery conference returns this year on the 23-25 March 2021. This again promises to be a fantastic event with key presentations from (amongst others) senior officials from the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and U.S Department of Justice (DOJ). Our Head of International Keith Oliver […]
Last month, a British judge ruled that Julian Assange should not be extradited to the US citing harsh conditions for prisoners in American jails. Nick Vamos says that Assange’s extradition was only barred on a single ground which is that it will be oppressive to his mental health and also at risk of suicide if […]
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The Independent reports that WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange could be imprisoned in the UK for many years as his lawyers have vowed to fight his extradition to the US. Partner Anna Bradshaw said the US had so far launched a provisional extradition request and the full details would have to be received before any hearing. […]
Matt Hancock’s 10-year jail sentences for people who lie about their travel history have been condemned as disproportionate by former justice secretaries. Under the new rules which come into force on Monday, people who deliberately conceal their arrival from one of the 33 “red list” countries may face up to 10 years in jail, the […]
Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks has been expelled from the Ecuadorean embassy in London, and has been arrested by the Metropolitan police on U.S charges. Partner Nick Vamos says, “ Assange will almost certainly be denied bail, given his previous flight to the Ecuadorean embassy. The chances of getting bail are less than zero”. […]
Giles Thomson, who recently joined OFSI as director, says his expanded role will “ build stronger links between sanctions and broader economic crime work”. Peters & Peters partner Anna Bradshaw warns that “Financial sanctions are a political tool, and their enforcement therefore has a political dimension that economic-crime enforcement does not have. There has to […]
Senior Associate, Rachel Cook, considers the findings of HMRC’s report, “Evaluation of corporate behaviour change in response to the corporate criminal offences” (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-corporate-behaviour-change-in-response-to-the-corporate-criminal-offences) and explores the effectiveness of the Criminal Finances Act 2017 on changing corporate behaviour. Read more You can get more articles like this from Lexis Nexis www.lexisnexis.com/uk/lexispsl
Peters & Peters are to be involved in one of the most anticipated litigation cases for 2021 according to the recent The Top 20 Cases of 2021 article by The Lawyer. Instructed by the claimants The Secretary of State for Health and the NHS Business Services Authority in its ongoing case against Servier Laboratories, the […]
