UWOs are very effective in assisting the authorities to discover the source of income used to acquire property or to identify an ultimate beneficial owner, especially those in offshore structures according to P&P expert Rachel Cook. She says, “whatever their limits, for those faced with UWOs, it will have been a worrying, time-consuming and expensive […]
The Covid-19 crisis has created a fertile environment for corruption and fraud. At the outset, concerns centred on the risks posed by fraudsters seeking to profit from the financial shock of the pandemic. Those fears proved well founded – in March 2020, fraud reports rose by 400%. Over time, concern spread to suspected abuse of […]
We are delighted to announce that Anna Bradshaw will be speaking at the FinCrime World Forum which will be taking place on 23-24 March 2021. Tune in to hear from industry experts about the ever evolving global issues which Financial Crime presents, register for free at: https://www.fincrimeworldforum.com/ #FinCrimeWF. Anna is a Partner in the Business Crime […]
P&P lawyers Philip Gardner and Stephanie Lloyd have co-authored an article in Litigation Futures about the contrasting approaches in litigation and arbitration to identifying dispute funders. They review recent changes to the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Arbitration Rules and the different approaches taken to disputes funding in major arbitral centres and the English Court. Read […]
Peters & Peters have successfully secured the deletion of a high-profile French criminal conviction relating to our client from the Police National Computer (PNC) and the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS), in a notable departure from UK criminal record retention policies. The law on removing convictions in the UK is often complex, and […]
We are delighted to announce that Jonathan Tickner and Hannah Laming will be speaking at the FIRE (Fraud, Insolvency, Recovery, Enforcement) ‘Divorce is just the start : How it all goes wrong’ series on 4th March 2021. Illustrated with an unfolding narrative, join us as we take you through a fast-moving divorce case, taking in […]
Last week, 27 students from 7 schools across London joined us for our first ever online P&P Insight Day, in partnership with Access Aspiration. Students listened to firm and industry insights during a talk and Q&A with our Managing Partner, Business Crime Partner, Civil Of Counsel and Head of HR. The questions explored moral dilemmas, […]
Our very own sanctions expert Anna Bradshaw, will be speaking at the European Summit on Economic Sanctions Risk & Compliance on February 24 2021. Anna will be discussing – Human Rights/Magnitsky: Current Status of New Legislation in Europe. She will be exploring the following topics : What are the legal parameters? What is the EU’s […]
The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), agreed between the parties on Christmas Eve and implemented in UK domestic law on 31 December 2020 by the European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020, provides a new framework for extradition post-Brexit. Title VII of Part 3 of the TCA, entitled ‘Surrender’, sets out the principles and procedure […]
“There will come a time when it isn’t, ‘they’re spying on me through my phone’ anymore. Eventually, it will be, ‘my phone is spying on me’.” American author, Philip K. Dick, warned us about the rapid advancement of technology. Incredibly, this warning was given long before his death in 1982, when mobile phones were the […]
