The European Commission’s assessment of the money laundering risks arising in the European Union and proposals for strengthening Anti-Money Laundering rules includes eliminating differences in their application and supervision by Member States, as well as potentially also conferring enforcement powers on an EU-level agency to ensure compliance. Partner Anna Bradshaw says, “Whatever form it takes, […]
A code of conduct has been drawn up by the Private Prosecutors’ Association, a group of criminal lawyers led by Hannah Laming, a partner at Peters & Peters to prevent the misuse of private prosecutions and also to protect the defendants. Partner Hannah Laming says that despite the rise in private prosecutions there is little […]
On 1 January 2021 the UK will lose access to the European Arrest Warrant (EAW). The government’s stated ambition is to replace it with ‘fast-track extradition arrangements… with appropriate further safeguards for individuals beyond those in the European Arrest Warrant’. However, those safeguards may be undermined if the UK chooses to rely on Red Notices […]
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Peters & Peters are very proud to learn that the City of London Law Society has presented our former Senior Partner, Monty Raphael QC (hons), with a lifetime achievement award at last night’s British Legal Awards 2020. This recognises Monty’s vision in creating a white collar crime specialism in the firm and then more widely […]
This article was first published on Lexis®PSL Corporate Crime on 15 August 2019. Click for a free trial of Lexis®PSL. Read more
The increased use of sanctions by international powers has created long lists of designated parties who can quickly find themselves trapped by their listing. Dr. Anna Bradshaw, Barbara Linney and Collmann Griffin examine the differing methods for challenging a listing under the UN, US, EU and developing post-Brexit UK regimes and the strategies offering the […]
The High Court decision in PJSC Tatneft v Bogolyubov & Ors confirms that communications with foreign lawyers (in particular in-house legal teams) are subject to legal advice professional privilege, provided that the individuals in question are conducting themselves in the capacity or function of a lawyer. But it also held that foreign lawyers need not […]
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Our client, the UK’s Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, roundly defeated pharmaceutical company Servier Laboratories in the Supreme Court. The company had tried unsuccessfully to rely on a previous EU court ruling to prevent court proceedings going forward in London, centred on the Secretary of State’s allegations that Servier blocked generic competition […]
