Peters & Peters has succeeded in having a claim against our client struck out. In a judgment handed down yesterday, the Chancellor of the High Court, Sir Julian Flaux struck out the claim in which the claimant alleged that the defendant, his brother, had hidden the existence of a trust allegedly created by their late […]
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, the UK government has designated more than 1,000 individuals and over 100 entities. Considering how quickly these designations were adopted, some are likely to be found to be flawed. Further, the UK had limited experience of adopting autonomous sanctions designations before the end of the Brexit transition period at the end […]
Applications for contempt of court have been brought into sharp focus in the English courts in recent years. As Mr Justice Foxton observed in Integral Petroleum SA v Petrogat FZE [2020] EWHC 558 (Comm), these applications “have become an increasingly common feature of High Court litigation, particularly in the Business and Property Courts”. Prior to […]
At the end of September 2022, almost seven years after the introduction of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, standard 25700:2022 of the British Standards Institution (BSI) came into effect, offering guidance and recommendations on organisational responses to modern slavery. As explained in the first part of our four-part series, the standard provides a practical roadmap […]
The UK political scene might have been in turmoil recently, but the drive to address financial wrongdoing in the country does not show signs of slowing down. Enter the government’s new economic crime and corporate transparency bill. The bill is going through the Commons and, if enacted, would give the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) a […]
With more and more brands sprucing up their green credentials when marketing their wares in a bid to attract environmentally conscious customers and funders, it was only a matter of time before ESG regulation was going to escalate around the world, with authorities and non-governmental bodies slowly but surely homing in on corporates involved in […]
The issue of regulating the ligation funding market is back on the agenda, this time in Europe, with the European Parliament adopting in July an initial legislative report on responsible private funding of litigation. The report was authored by German MEP Axel Voss, who had previously described litigation funding as “happening largely in the shadows”, […]
Now that the world has begun to re-open, we might occasionally catch ourselves remembering lockdowns and Friday night country risk categorisations as a thing of the past. Over the past two years, we have seen planes grounded, the hospitality industry brought to its knees, and holidays and overseas travel for work cancelled. As corporate travel […]
At the end of September 2022, almost seven years after the introduction of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, standard 25700:2022 of the British Standards Institution (BSI) came into effect, offering guidance and recommendations on organisational responses to modern slavery. As explained in the first part of our four-part series on the standard, the standard provides […]
Nick Vamos, our head of Business Crime & Investigations, has been quoted extensively in the media, commenting on the unprecedented decision to allow the killer of Harry Dunn to appear in court entirely remotely from start to finish. Nick is a former Head of Extradition at the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and, since 2021, […]
