Identifying the funder: contrasting approaches in litigation and arbitration. P&P’s Philip Gardner and Stephanie Lloyd discuss in Litigation Futures

Brian McDonald March 8, 2021 0 Comments

P&P lawyers Philip Gardner and Stephanie Lloyd have co-authored an article in Litigation Futures about the contrasting approaches in litigation and arbitration to identifying dispute funders. They review recent changes to the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Arbitration Rules and the different approaches taken to disputes funding in major arbitral centres and the English Court. Read […]

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Peters & Peters successfully secures deletion of cross-border criminal conviction from the Police National Computer and European Criminal Records Information System

Brian McDonald March 3, 2021 0 Comments

Peters & Peters have successfully secured the deletion of a high-profile French criminal conviction relating to our client from the Police National Computer (PNC) and the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS), in a notable departure from UK criminal record retention policies.   The law on removing convictions in the UK is often complex, and […]

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Webinar – Divorce is just the Start: How it all goes wrong. The panel of experts will include our own Jonathan Tickner and Hannah Laming

Brian McDonald March 1, 2021 0 Comments

We are delighted to announce that Jonathan Tickner and Hannah Laming will be speaking at the FIRE (Fraud, Insolvency, Recovery, Enforcement) ‘Divorce is just the start : How it all goes wrong’ series on 4th March 2021. Illustrated with an unfolding narrative, join us as we take you through a fast-moving divorce case, taking in […]

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P&P Access Aspiration Online Insight Day

Brian McDonald February 25, 2021 0 Comments

Last week, 27 students from 7 schools across London joined us for our first ever online P&P Insight Day, in partnership with Access Aspiration. Students listened to firm and industry insights during a talk and Q&A with our Managing Partner, Business Crime Partner, Civil Of Counsel and Head of HR. The questions explored moral dilemmas, […]

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European Summit on Economic Sanctions Risk & Compliance – Sanctions expert Anna Bradshaw speaking

Brian McDonald February 24, 2021 0 Comments

Our very own sanctions expert Anna Bradshaw, will be speaking at the European Summit on Economic Sanctions Risk & Compliance on February 24 2021. Anna will be discussing – Human Rights/Magnitsky: Current Status of New Legislation in Europe. She will be exploring the following topics : What are the legal parameters? What is the EU’s […]

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Post-Brexit security : An eleventh-hour reprieve? Nick Vamos and Katie Jones discuss in The New Law Journal

Brian McDonald February 23, 2021 0 Comments

The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), agreed between the parties on Christmas Eve and implemented in UK domestic law on 31 December 2020 by the European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020, provides a new framework for extradition post-Brexit. Title VII of Part 3 of the TCA, entitled ‘Surrender’, sets out the principles and procedure […]

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Facial recognition and fraud in a Covid-19 world – Is it time for the introduction of a bespoke legal instrument? Keith Oliver and Amalia Neenan discuss in City AM

Brian McDonald February 19, 2021 0 Comments

“There will come a time when it isn’t, ‘they’re spying on me through my phone’ anymore. Eventually, it will be, ‘my phone is spying on me’.” American author, Philip K. Dick, warned us about the rapid advancement of technology.  Incredibly, this warning was given long before his death in 1982, when mobile phones were the […]

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Webinar : P&P’s Maria Cronin and Emma Ruane on the interplay between extradition proceedings, immigration applications and civil proceedings

Brian McDonald February 18, 2021 0 Comments

We are delighted to announce that Maria Cronin and Emma Ruane will be speaking at the FIRE (Fraud, Insolvency, Recovery, Enforcement) webinar on 23 February 2021. This is the second event in a series of virtual discussions around the criminal, regulatory & civil issues that asset recovery practitioners need to know about. This session will […]

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C5 Virtual 15th Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery conference – P&P’s Head of International, Keith Oliver co-chairing

Brian McDonald February 17, 2021 0 Comments

C5’s Virtual 15th Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery conference returns this year on the 23-25 March 2021. This again promises to be a fantastic event with key presentations from (amongst others) senior officials from the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and U.S Department of Justice (DOJ). Our Head of International Keith Oliver […]

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Biden administration to continue to seek extradition of Julian Assange – are they likely to succeed? P&P’s extradition specialist Nick Vamos discusses

Brian McDonald February 12, 2021 0 Comments

Last month, a British judge ruled that Julian Assange should not be extradited to the US citing harsh conditions for prisoners in American jails. Nick Vamos says that Assange’s extradition was only barred on a single ground which is that it will be oppressive to his mental health and also at risk of suicide if […]

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