P&P sanctions expert Anna Bradshaw comments on the new UK corruption sanctions in MoneyLaundering.com

Brian McDonald April 28, 2021 0 Comments

On Monday, the UK announced the introduction of a new sanctions regime targeting corrupt officials worldwide, immediately blacklisting 22 individual for their involvement in notorious corruption cases in Russia, South Africa, South Sudan and Latin America.  Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said that the Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations would help UK officials combat serious corruption by […]

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Huge victory for Peters & Peters as SFO’s case against former Serco executives collapses

Brian McDonald April 26, 2021 0 Comments

The Serious Fraud Office’s case against two former Serco executives, Simon Marshall and Nicholas Woods, collapsed today. This brought an end to the SFO’s seven-and-a-half year investigation. P&P’s Neil Swift who is representing Simon Marshall, said of his client that it “was deeply shocking that he’d been dragged through this for eight years of his […]

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Webinar – Anna Bradshaw joins Bureau Van Dijk expert panel discussion on sanctions

Brian McDonald April 20, 2021 0 Comments

We are delighted to announce that sanctions expert Anna Bradshaw will be speaking at the Bureau Van Dijk virtual conference on 21 April 2021. Anna will be exploring the new UK/EU sanctions landscape.

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Peters & Peters successful in quashing private prosecution

Brian McDonald April 19, 2021 0 Comments

On 19 April 2021, a district judge of the Westminster Magistrates’ Court issued a ruling quashing a summons which had been granted against our client for, allegedly, attempting to pervert the course of public justice. These allegations arose in the context of ongoing complex civil proceedings in the English High Court. Following robust submissions made […]

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Peters & Peters successful in quashing private prosecution

Brian McDonald April 19, 2021 0 Comments

On 19 April 2021, a district judge of the Westminster Magistrates’ Court issued a ruling quashing a summons which had been granted against our client for, allegedly, attempting to pervert the course of public justice. These allegations arose in the context of ongoing complex civil proceedings in the English High Court.   Following robust submissions […]

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Webinar – P&P’s Cécile Nicod speaking at the UIA on the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015

Brian McDonald April 16, 2021 0 Comments

We are delighted to announce that Cécile Nicod will be speaking at the first session of a series of webinars organised by the UIA (International Association of Lawyers) Business and Human Rights Committee, on 28 April 2021. This first session will provide an overview of legislation enacted in the UK, France and the United States […]

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Financial workers and the struggle to keep sensitive data secure. Neil Swift discusses in Financial Times

Brian McDonald April 16, 2021 0 Comments

For the financial services industry, remote working meant that financial institutions suddenly had to adapt their oversight systems, and ensure that market abuse, anti-fraud, data privacy and conduct regulations were all adhered to. Neil Swift says that the problems faced by companies must not be underestimated. He adds, the priority has to be ensuring that […]

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P&P donates £90,000 of laptops to support online learning

Brian McDonald April 16, 2021 0 Comments

We are very pleased to announce that Peters & Peters has donated laptops worth £90,000 to students at two inner London schools, Brampton Manor Academy in Newham and Lilian Baylis Technology in Kennington, working with social mobility charity Access Aspiration. This is the latest in a series of steps we’ve taken to support these schools, […]

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A setback for the SFO on mutual legal assistance – Jasvinder Nakhwal and Nick Vamos discuss in The Law Society Gazette

Brian McDonald April 14, 2021 0 Comments

In February the Supreme Court handed down judgment in R (on the application of KBR, Inc) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office, in which it unanimously reversed a 2018 High Court ruling on the territorial scope of section 2(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1987. Section 2(3) empowers the SFO director to issue a notice […]

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Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and the rise of crypto frauds – P&P’s Keith Oliver and Amalia Neenan discuss in City A.M

Brian McDonald April 12, 2021 0 Comments

NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) are a new kind of digital asset that operate on blockchain. Most NFTs run on the Ethereum blockchain but are not themselves Ether. The concept of non-fungibility is important to distinguish their function in that fungible tokens like Bitcoin or Ether can be exchanged like-for-like. Read more

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