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 […]
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 […]
