The Financial Conduct Authority has long taken a tough stance on insider dealing. Trading on inside information corrodes market integrity and damages investor confidence. Rachel Cook has co-authored an article with Christopher Coltart for Investment week diving into the FCA’s dealings with insider trading. To read the article, please click here. Please […]
On 2 July 2025, the FCA published its long-awaited approach to non-financial misconduct (NFM). This includes a Policy Statement amending the Code of Conduct (COCON) to explicitly bring serious personal misconduct into scope, and a consultation on new guidance for both COCON and the Fit and Proper Test for Employees and Senior Personnel (FIT). […]
We are pleased to share that Partner, Anna Bradshaw, was recently featured in a Q&A with Global Investigations Review, alongside fellow editors of the sixth edition of the Guide to Sanctions. In the interview, Anna discusses the most significant developments in global sanctions over the past year, key emerging trends, and how companies can manage the […]
Peters & Peters is pleased to have secured a suspended sentence for our client, Matthew West, in relation to proceedings brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for insider dealing. Mr West was formerly a self-employed trader in the City, who earlier this year pleaded guilty to five counts of insider dealing. Mr West’s […]
Peters & Peters have succeeded in having a diffusion request deleted from INTERPOL for our client, a prominent Russian philanthropist and businessman. Our client was accused of a large-scale fraud in the Russian Federation and was convicted and sentenced in absentia. As a result, our client became the subject of a diffusion request at the […]
Eight years after the UK parliament armed HMRC with corporate ‘failure to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion’ powers, the agency has finally pulled the trigger. Bennett Verby, a Stockport-based accountancy practice, has been charged under the Criminal Finances Act 2017 in connection with an alleged R&D tax credits repayment fraud. In this […]
HMRC has brought its first-ever criminal prosecution for failure to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion, charging an accountancy firm eight years after the offence was introduced. Stockport-based Bennett Verby Ltd is reportedly facing charges under the Criminal Finances Act 2017 in connection with an alleged R&D tax credits repayment fraud, alongside six individuals, including […]
In this article, Nick Vamos and Abbie Melvin examine the implications of the Supreme Court’s decision to quash Tom Hayes’ LIBOR-rigging conviction, focusing on how a judicial misdirection to the jury rendered the verdict unsafe despite strong evidence of wrongdoing. The piece explores whether such outcomes could be avoided through judge only trials in […]
On 23 July 2025, all 15 Judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) published a landmark advisory opinion on the Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change. The ICJ is the highest court in the United Nations. It recognised that the consequences of climate change are severe and far-reaching, impacting both natural […]
Peters & Peters is pleased to report the recent judgment of the Court of Appeal upholding a substantial part of the judgment debt our firm had obtained on the summary basis in April 2024 against JNFX Limited, a London-based foreign exchange and payment services provider. The unanimous decision handed down by the Court of Appeal […]
