Foreign lawyers and privilege: a new inconsistency? P&P’s Jason Woodland asks whether the position following PJSC Tatneft v Bogolyubov & Ors is sustainable

Brian McDonald November 13, 2020 0 Comments

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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Senior Associate Rachel Cook is interviewed by LexisNexis on the European Commission’s call for better implementation of anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism rules

Brian McDonald August 29, 2019 0 Comments

This article was first published on Lexis®PSL Financial Services on 15 August 2019. Click for a free trial of Lexis®PSL Read more

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Supreme Court decision: P&P commercial litigation head Jonathan Tickner confident of victory in now-resumed English case of Secretary of State for Health and Social Care v Servier – Law 360

Brian McDonald November 10, 2020 0 Comments

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 […]

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Peters & Peters – Charity Wing Walk

Brian McDonald September 2, 2019 0 Comments

Peters & Peters took to the skies in a charity wing-walk on Sunday 1 September 2019. Keith Oliver, William Green, Caroline Mitchell, Nicky Platten, Colin Ingrams and Josephina Kern took turns to fly at speeds of up to 120mph while strapped to the top of a biplane. They variously described the experience as fantastic, exhilarating, […]

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Peters & Peters’ Rachel Cook speaking at the Tax Investigations online conference

Brian McDonald November 5, 2020 0 Comments

Rachel Cook, a Tax investigations expert at P&P, will be presenting on corporate criminal offence ‘Investigations for failing to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion’ at the half-day Tax Investigations online conference on Tuesday 24 November 2020. This half-day conference will cover a key range of important and topical Tax Investigation issues which will be […]

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Partner Maria Cronin and Associate Craig Hogg discuss the SFO’s proposed use of informants in The Barrister

Brian McDonald September 11, 2019 0 Comments

In April, Lisa Osofsky, Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), announced plans to introduce a US-style informant scheme in the UK, sparking fervent debate over the use of undercover sources in white-collar crime investigations. Although Osofsky has since downplayed the proposals, informants could help the agency to overcome intensifying pressure to increase its success […]

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Associate Eamon McCarthy-Keen discusses production orders and the privilege against self-incrimination in the International Adviser

Brian McDonald September 13, 2019 0 Comments

The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) grants individuals the privilege against self-incrimination under the right to a fair trial enshrined in Article 6. But the waters become a bit muddy with regard to the use of compulsory powers requiring the production of pre-existing documents. Should individuals be compelled to hand over evidence that potentially […]

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The uphill struggle involved in removing Interpol Red Notices

Brian McDonald November 5, 2020 0 Comments

Peter FitzGerald, Of Counsel, and Amalia Neenan, Legal Researcher, discuss the increasingly problematic process of removing Interpol Red Notices. Unfortunately, these powers can often be abused and manipulated for geopolitical gain, resulting in the inappropriate issuance of Red Notices against unsuspecting individuals. It is therefore vital that practitioners be aware of both the theoretical safeguards […]

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Four Peters & Peters Partners spoke at the 37th International Symposium on Economic Crime in Cambridge

Brian McDonald September 17, 2019 0 Comments

Head of International, Keith Oliver and Partners Jason Woodland, Hannah Laming and Anna Bradshaw spoke at this year’s Cambridge Symposium on Economic Crime, on ‘Fighting economic crime – a shared responsibility!’ Hannah Laming chaired a workshop on ‘Private Prosecutions in the UK’ (4 September), Keith Oliver spoke on ‘What are the proper limits to privilege […]

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Acting for a divisional director of a PLC accused of insider trading by the FCA

Brian McDonald November 5, 2020 0 Comments

Our client was a divisional director of a listed company that was in the process of acquiring another. It was alleged that as an insider to the transaction he provided price sensitive information to a colleague who then traded on that information. The Financial Conduct Authority is taking no further action against our client.

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