Criminal investigations are inevitably intrusive and difficult; they can last months, if not years. Any associated media exposure will be deeply unpleasant, and will only increase with a charge and criminal litigation. How might someone under police investigation prevent a charge from being brought and/or their case progressing to a trial? Rachel Cook […]
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 […]
Last month, the Law Commission published its proposed reforms to corporate criminal liability. Although the government has focused on economic crime recently, it may be some time before any reforms are implemented and the government will need to decide whether to adopt any of the Commission’s proposals, or proffer their own, as well as any […]
In this article for LawInSport, Craig Hogg and Caroline Timoney review the case of Brendan Taylor and the decision by the International Cricket Council (ICC) to ban the former member of Zimbabwe’s national cricket team from all forms of cricket for three-and-a-half years. Mr Taylor accepted four charges of breaching corruption regulations under the […]
In this article for New Law Journal, Neil Swift reports on the successes and shortcomings of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and asks whether the pursuit of corporate scalps has undermined its original mission. In 1986, the Roskill Report recommended that the government set up a new unified organisation responsible for the detection, investigation and […]
In this article for Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence, Jonathan Tickner and Caroline Timoney discuss the first and second Economic Crime Bills. The first received Royal Assent in March 2022 and the second was announced in the Queen’s speech in May. The article outlines the history behind each bill, what they cover and why two […]
From coping with the explosion of data to the challenge of keeping disputes in the UK post-Brexit, commercial litigators have a full in-tray. Jason Woodland recently took part in a roundtable discussion at which these topics were discussed and was then quoted in the The Law Society Gazette write up. Jason said: “The effect of […]
Nick Vamos, our Head of Business Crime, was quoted extensively in the media following the UK Home Secretary Priti Patel decision on Friday to approve the extradition of Julian Assange to the US. The WikiLeaks founder is wanted in the US for conspiring to hack and then publish classified documents in 2010-11, including in respect […]
Today, the Law Commission published its long-awaited paper on the potential reform options for the laws in England and Wales on corporate criminal liability. The Commission’s approach represents a constructive balance, exploring options for ensuring that companies can be held responsible for wrongdoing while seeking to avoid imposing unreasonable economic, regulatory or legal burdens. […]
