Congratulations to the Peters & Peters football team for achieving 3rd place in the 2015 Serle Court Cup! The tournament was a closely fought contest and we just missed out on the championship places on points. However, we beat Pinsent Masons, winners of last year’s cup. P&P did pick up one award – Sayem Rahman […]
Peters & Peters are delighted to announce that Sarah Gabriel’s outstanding expertise and experience in the field of litigation has been recognised by The University of Law. The Academic Board has appointed her a Visiting Professor, reflecting her reputation as one of the leading lawyers in the United Kingdom. Sarah joined Peters & Peters in […]
Tuesday’s historic nuclear agreement between Iran and the E3+3 countries (USA, UK, France, Russia, China and Germany) marks a seismic shift in international relations, which, if successful, will enable Iran to open its doors to foreign businesses. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) will produce the comprehensive lifting of all UN Security Council sanctions […]
Originally broadcast on Tuesday, June 23, 2015 – 15:30. A number of legal rules exist to tackle match fixing, although it is not directly criminalised. This webinar will provide an overview of these laws, including the importance of whistleblowing measures. Our experts will also cover the debate surrounding direct criminalisation and the Draft Council of […]
Emma Ruane is an associate at Peters & Peters, and has gained extensive experience of the interaction between civil and criminal law in high value fraud and competition cases sometimes spanning multiple jurisdictions. In particular she has assisted partners across the firm with matters litigated in the High Court which are simultaneously of interest to […]
Peters & Peters are delighted to announce that Peters & Peters’ unique expertise in Sanctions has been recognised in this year’s WorldECR Awards 2015 as winner of ‘Sanctions Law Firm of the Year, Europe’’. The publication noted the following: “Peters & Peters is a ‘small law firm that, in the field of sanctions, has made […]
In the case of Secretary of State for the Home Department vs Raytheon Systems Ltd [2015] EWHC 311 (TCC) an arbitral award was set aside on the ground of’ serious irregularity’ under the Arbitration Act 1996 s.68(2)(d), on the basis that the Tribunal had not dealt with all the issues put to it. The dispute […]
It has all the ingredients of a mob story: the official with an ostentatious lifestyle; difficult questions from the tax man about the unexplained wealth; then the not so difficult decision, accepting the life-line of cooperation with the FBI, telling all about former associates, leaving their fate in the hands of the U.S. Department of […]
Peters and Peters acted for the former financial controller of an international group of companies servicing the oil and gas sectors, in a prosecution brought by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). The allegations were that the defendants (three in total) conspired with each other and with a Nigerian tax consultant to make corrupt payments to […]
Rebecca Meads Associate in the Business Crime Department, sensationally won this year’s ‘Strictly Furnival Goes Retro’ Dance Competition, together with her dance partner Nick Corsellis from QEB Hollis Whiteman. The evening was hosted by Furnival Chambers in aid of Breast Cancer Care and the Judging Panel included Strictly Come Dancing’s Craig Revel Horwood and Denise […]
