DPAs provide companies with the opportunity to compromise allegations of serious criminal misconduct in a managed way, without going through the criminal trial process and without all the consequences of criminal conviction. Depending on the magnitude of the alleged misconduct, the financial penalties imposed can be very substantial. Other elements of the DPA are, where […]
Globalisation and the increasing use of the global financial system have enabled criminal gangs to move from hoarding piles of cash to using sophisticated electronic banking systems capable of moving money across borders in milliseconds. To deal with this, Parliament introduced the Criminal Finances Act 2017, which amended the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) to […]
We are pleased to announce that Anna Bradshaw will be speaking at the FinCrime World Forum webinar taking place on June 22 2021. She will be joining a panel of experts examining how professional services providers can contribute to, and prevent, financial crime. Register here.
Peters & Peters Partner Jasvinder Nakhwal will be speaking at a webinar on June 10 by the Cartel & Criminal Practice Committee of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) Antitrust law section. She will be joining a panel of experienced attorneys as they share how their career paths led them to specialise in the […]
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 […]
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 […]
The U.K government suffered a setback after Judge Finola O’Farrell ruled that a 564,000 pound ($800,000) coronavirus contract was unlawfully awarded to a research firm whose owners were friends of Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser. This judgment comes as the government is currently in the midst of challenging a number of lawsuits which have been […]
We are pleased to announce that Jason Woodland will be speaking at the Business Fraud Update online conference on June 18. This conference will be exploring a range of Business Fraud topics such as tax fraud, remedies available to victims of fraud in the civil courts and conducting a complex AML investigation. Please book your […]
On the question of whether any organisation could be charged with corporate manslaughter, Nick Vamos says that in reality, corporate manslaughter charges are highly unlikely. “The difficulty is that it is a very high legal threshold, and one of the tests which has to be met is that the corporation you are prosecuting has to […]
We are pleased to announce that Jason Woodland will be speaking at the UIA mid-year 2021 Annual Business Law Forum on June 9 2021, on the topic of litigation. The panel of experts will be discussing litigation in the time of COVID, online hearings and the change in procedural rules. Register here.
