This week, our client, a senior business professional, was exonerated as the Metropolitan Police confirmed that an investigation into threats to kill and common assault has been concluded with no further action being taken. Peters & Peters was instructed to represent our client on arrest, where it became immediately clear that he had been subjected […]
Global sustainability-related legislation and regulation are developing fast, exposing international companies to complex ESG-related risks. One area in which businesses are facing particular challenges is supply chain liability and, while they might be used to dealing with other types of risks in that space, ESG-related due diligence is fast becoming an important requirement for them […]
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has been grappling with well-documented disclosure issues for a while, with disclosure failings being linked to several acquittals in prosecutions that the agency brought in recent years. In this article for Global Investigations Review, Neil Swift and Fred Kelly argue that these failings are down to the SFO’s approach to […]
The death of technology tycoon Mike Lynch, whose yacht sank off the coast of Sicily last week, has triggered calls by a some UK lawmakers to abolish Britain’s extradition agreement with the US amid proposals that UK citizens should be prosecuted at home. The calls come from Conservative MP David Davis and former Tory MP […]
Is this a sign that we are entering a period of stronger and swifter action on sanctions breaches by law enforcement agencies? In this article for LexisNexis Corporate Crime analysis, Liam Lane discusses the key points of this case, the outcome for the National Crime Agency (NCA) and the significance of this case. He also […]
Anna Bradshaw and Alistair Jones have contributed a chapter to Global Investigations Review‘s Guide to Sanctions, which is in its fifth edition. The guide is written by contributors from the expanding field of sanctions enforcement and dissects the topic in a practical fashion, from every stakeholder’s perspective. The chapter that Anna and Alistair wrote, ‘Representing […]
Earlier this month, far-right rallies took place up and down the country, sparking concerns about rioting and street violence. Tommy Robinson, the far-right founder of the English Defence League, even promoted one such event in Glasgow. Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, left the country at the end of July, but he could face […]
1997. New Labour takes power, soundtracked by Northern Irish group D:Ream’s Things Can Only Get Better, a song that has now become synonymous with political sea change. It was masterfully reimagined in the sixth episode of the final season of Netflix’s The Crown, as part of a dream sequence that sees ‘King Tony’ crowned as […]
We have secured the deletion of INTERPOL diffusions against four Russian businessmen. We successfully persuaded INTERPOL’s CCF that the criminal cases against our clients were politically motivated and part of a long-running corporate raid. We explained that the criminal cases and corresponding arrest warrants were aimed at undermining efforts to recover the value of property […]
In the first action of its kind, earlier this week, the National Crime Agency (NCA) secured the forfeiture of sanctioned funds under the Proceeds of Crime Act. The NCA had argued that the money, worth £780,000, was held for the benefit of Russian oligarch Petr Aven despite not being in his name. The money had […]
