Eamon and Cécile discuss in Incompliance how the Brexit deal, otherwise known as the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), establishes a new framework in relation to the enforcement and recognition of freezing and confiscation orders between the UK and the EU. Read more. This article first appeared in Incompliance, the magazine of the International […]
Last week, we co-hosted a webinar with QEB Hollis Whiteman and Hickman & Rose on the Serco trial. Neil Swift (who acted for Simon Marshall) and the other defence lawyers explored what led to the collapse of the case. Download and watch here.
Advocate General Gerard Hogan sets out in his Opinion how the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) should respond to a request by a German Court on how to interpret the law blocking European operators from complying with certain US sanctions, concluding that Telekom Deutschland should be made to explain the reasons why […]
Undoubtedly some directors have committed first-party frauds by abusing the government’s financial Covid-19 support packages. Although set up in good faith, the structure of those packages coupled with the speed of their rollout unfortunately meant it was easy picking for bad actors. The most attractive was likely the Bounce Back Loan Scheme, not least because […]
We act on behalf of His Excellency Kyaw Z Minn, Myanmar’s UK Ambassador. His Excellency does not and will not recognise those responsible for the internationally condemned military coup in Myanmar as the legitimate Government of Myanmar. It is His Excellency’s view that those purporting to demand the residence (which is legally owned by the […]
Anna Bradshaw is interviewed by Euromoney for the first of a three-part series of podcasts on ‘Sanctions: the makers and the breakers’, discussing the challenges faced by sanctions enforcers and by those at the receiving end of enforcement action. Listen here
On Monday, the UK announced the introduction of a new sanctions regime targeting corrupt officials worldwide, immediately blacklisting 22 individual for their involvement in notorious corruption cases in Russia, South Africa, South Sudan and Latin America. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said that the Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations would help UK officials combat serious corruption by […]
The Serious Fraud Office’s case against two former Serco executives, Simon Marshall and Nicholas Woods, collapsed today. This brought an end to the SFO’s seven-and-a-half year investigation. P&P’s Neil Swift who is representing Simon Marshall, said of his client that it “was deeply shocking that he’d been dragged through this for eight years of his […]
On 19 April 2021, a district judge of the Westminster Magistrates’ Court issued a ruling quashing a summons which had been granted against our client for, allegedly, attempting to pervert the course of public justice. These allegations arose in the context of ongoing complex civil proceedings in the English High Court. Following robust submissions […]
For the financial services industry, remote working meant that financial institutions suddenly had to adapt their oversight systems, and ensure that market abuse, anti-fraud, data privacy and conduct regulations were all adhered to. Neil Swift says that the problems faced by companies must not be underestimated. He adds, the priority has to be ensuring that […]
