Peters & Peters has today announced the appointment of Nick Vamos, Head of Special Crime in the Special Crime & Counterterrorism Division at the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), who will join the firm as a partner on the 4th September. Nick has nearly 20 years of criminal law experience focussed on international criminal investigations, high-profile […]
Keith Oliver, a fraud specialist at Peters & Peters gave expert commentary regarding Europcar’s accusations of fraudulently overcharging its customers for repairs, the Trading Standards is investigating. In response to one example where a customer, Mr Kramsky, had been quoted vastly different prices for a windscreen repair, Keith said “If in fact the true cost […]
Anna speaks to Sputnik about how Brexit might impact on extradition between the UK and the remaining EU member states, and ongoing cooperation between British and other law enforcement agencies. Anna suggests that “after Brexit, when UK authorities make extradition requests, they may find them being treated as less of a priority than requests from other EU member states.” Read […]
Jasvinder explains that “when the case returns to court, the District Judge is likely to set down a timetable for the service of any evidence to be submitted by either side in the proceedings, and list a date for a final hearing. “There might be a few more hearings in this case in the coming months […]
Senior Partner and counsel to Richard Boath, Michael O’Kane, was quoted in the recent Global Investigation Review (GIR) article “SFO claims privilege over Barclays Qatar interview transcripts”. Michael said that “this is an unprecedented argument” from the authority…to our knowledge, this may be the first time an authority have ever made this argument.” To read […]
Peters & Peters is delighted to share with you that during the financial year 2016/17 we raised a total of £17,706 for our chosen charity, Contact the Elderly. We set a fundraising target of £16,000, so we are thrilled to have exceeded this. We would like to extend our thanks to all of our friends […]
Indiatoday reports that Vijay Mallya is likely to challenge his extradition to India from the UK on the grounds that the charges against him are politically motivated, Business Crime partner, Jasvinder Nakhwal states. Mallya was arrested on fraud allegations which triggered an official extradition process in the UK extradition court. Jasvinder explains the grounds on […]
A Bloomberg commentary on the enforcement powers now available to the UK’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), ‘UK Sanctions Boss Sees US Style Results in New Powers’, speculates on whether the UK agency will seek to emulate the approach to enforcement adopted by its US counterparts. In addition to OFSI’s Head, Dr Anna Bradshaw […]
Business Crime partner Neil Swift, explains the danger of a defendant commenting about a trial on social media platforms such as Twitter. Neil’s comments feature in a piece published by Bloomberg titled ‘Ex-Barclays Trader Tweets rather than testifies at trial.’ This piece discusses tweets from former trader, Stylianos Contogoulas’s personal twitter account during the time of the trial. Neil comments […]
Business Crime Associate, Miranda Ching, represents David Hughes, a British kayaking instructor accused of causing the death of Private Jamie Sawyer, during an adventure training exercise in March 2015. Acquitted in early March, Hughes has now returned to his family in the UK after 15 months, three months of which was spent in custody. Due […]
