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 […]
Partner Jason Woodland to take part in the panel discussion for the Law Society, English Law Day Forum in Kyiv. The panel will discuss Dispute Resolution – Asset Tracing, how to proceed once you have a money arbitral award or court decision that is not being satisfied voluntarily. What needs to be done with the award/decision for […]
Towards the end of 2016 we circulated a staff satisfaction survey, in partnership with HR in Law and consultancy firm Smith & Henderson. The outcome was very positive, with favourable responses to a range of questions about the firm covering areas such as working environment, how the firm is managed, leadership and culture, the firm’s […]
Head of International Keith Oliver, is chairing day two of C5’s 2017 Fraud, Asset Tracing and Recovery Conference in Geneva. Robert Hunter of Edmond Marshall McMahon to chair day one. Keith is also moderating the session titled: Fraud Litigation in the Middle East: Do’s and Don’ts. Panellists for this session include: Mohammed Al Dahbashi, Managing partner, Mohammed Al Dahbashi Advocates & […]
The Lawyer has just announced their ‘2017 Hot 100 Management’ list and our Senior Partner Michael O’Kane is named, he is one of only 14 firm leaders to feature. Michael became Peters & Peters Senior partner in October 2016, has headed up the firm’s renowned Business Crime team for seven years and is recognised as […]
