In London’s Southwark Crown Court, on 4 May 2022, two defendants were found guilty of fraud following a private prosecution brought by Peters & Peters on behalf of Inkorporate, a leading product design and manufacturing company in the drinks industry. Inkorporate instructed Peters & Peters in September 2019 to investigate a fraud perpetrated on […]
On 5 July 2022, an international arbitral tribunal established under the ICSID Convention resoundingly and unanimously rejected corruption allegations made by the Republic of Croatia against MOL, the Hungarian national oil and gas company, and its Chairman-CEO, Zsolt Hernádi. In this arbitration, initiated in 2013, Peters & Peters (Michael O’Kane, Senior Partner; Peter FitzGerald, Of […]
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that the English court has no jurisdiction to hear claims brought by Kuwait’s Public Institution for Social Security against Peters & Peters’ client, Swiss national Mr Philippe Bertherat. The Public Institution for Social Security (which administers the Kuwaiti social security and pension scheme) alleges that through secret commissions and […]
We are pleased to share that Jasvinder Nakhwal will be speaking at the ABA Antitrust Law Section taking place on November 17th 2021 in London. Jasvinder will be joining the panel discussion on “the world of cartels in 2021”, which will be a discussion on a new era for cartel enforcement in the UK. The […]
We are very pleased to announce that Peters & Peters is now a proud member of the Legal Sustainability Alliance (LSA) – the leading sustainability network for law firms and the UK Legal sector. Our membership allows us to collaborate and share best practice with other member firms, taking positive steps to improve the environmental […]
We’ve been representing high net worth and prominent people in financial crime cases since 1938. We’re busier than ever, so in 2021 it’s good to see our work being recognised in the Chambers High Net Worth Guide. We’ve been ranked in Band 1 for the quality, complexity and value of our work for HNWI and […]
Our Business Crime Department Associate, Dr Debbie Sayers, was delighted to be invited to speak at two key children’s international coaching events over the last week. Debbie has a PhD in Human Rights Law and, in addition to being a solicitor, she is an experienced youth football coach and recognised leader in the field of […]
Following detailed and lengthy submissions from Peters and Peters over a period of months, the Commission for Control of INTERPOL’s Files, at its 117th session, has quashed a Red Notice issued at the request of the United Arab Emirates against our client, a high-profile businessperson involved in a complex, long-running, multimillion-pound commercial dispute. INTERPOL agreed […]
Peters & Peters on 8 June 2021 secured a significant costs award against a would-be private prosecutor in an application in the Westminster Magistrates’ Court. The judge said this award was proportionate even though he had remarked during the hearing that the total amount claimed in costs was possibly the largest ever made in the […]
Keith Oliver chaired the IBA litigation webinar (one of this Spring’s series in place of the planned live event in Buenos Aires) on Tuesday 11th of May 2021. This highly entertaining and informative session debated several of the reputational and class action litigation challenges arising from corporate scandals and ongoing international crises and featured leading practitioners […]
