The full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was a calamitous event which has given rise to extraordinary hardship and global repercussions that continue to reverberate. Away from the battlefield itself, many have been displaced and businesses disrupted globally. One self-interested concern that arose in the legal community, inevitably, was how this would impact on […]
In August 2022, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched an inquiry into ASOS, Boohoo and George at Asda to investigate the three fashion brands’ potentially misleading “green” claims. Nearly two years later, in March 2024, the CMA announced that it had agreed voluntary undertakings with the three fashion brands, which commit them “to […]
The criminal justice system is now criticised regularly, perhaps daily. One particular area for complaints concerns the length of police investigations, which can last months, if not years. As a consequence, some complainants are turning to other means by which to achieve ‘justice’, be it civil claims or contributing to media exposés on high-profile individuals […]
Head of International Keith Oliver and Legal Researcher Caroline Timoney have contributed a chapter to CDR: Essential Intelligence – Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery 2024, which has just come out. The guide offers an update on the legislative, regulatory and enforcement developments across 17 key jurisdictions, as well as expertise on current trends and issues […]
What were the key learning points from last year for sanctions lawyers and businesses that want to comply with sanctions measures? In this article for LexisNexis Corporate Crime analysis, Diana Czugler reviews some of the key developments from 2023, including areas that stayed in the limelight, sectors that have come into focus, which country has […]
On 2 April, in a significant victory for Peters & Peters’ client Mr Akintunde Giwa, the High Court held that Mr Giwa was entitled to summary judgment in the sum of Nigerian naira 7,914,209,196.50 (about £4.7 million) against JNFX Limited (a London-based foreign exchange and payment services provider) and its agent Mr Mervyn in respect […]
The finishing line may be getting closer, but in the latest twist in Julian Assange’s marathon fight against his extradition to the US, the High Court has asked the US and the Secretary of State for some further assurances. At a two-day hearing in February, the High Court considered whether the WikiLeaks founder could be […]
The joined appeals in Dalston Projects Ltd and others v Secretary of State for Transport and Shvidler v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs presented the first opportunity for the Court of Appeal to provide guidance on the correct approach to challenges to sanctions designations brought under section 38 of the Sanctions […]
Under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, the assets belonging to people suspected of benefitting from crime can be restrained, even before their owners have been charged. The aim is to preserve assets for confiscation, a process designed to deprive a convicted defendant of the benefit of their criminal conduct. Most of those assets are […]
Last month, an ex-takeaway worker was convicted in laundering the proceeds thanks to which she had gone from living above a Chinese restaurant to a multi-million pound house in an affluent neighbourhood in North London. After a two-month trial, Jian Wen was found guilty at Southwark Crown Court of an offence relating to money laundering. […]
