Supreme Court decision: P&P commercial litigation head Jonathan Tickner confident of victory in now-resumed English case of Secretary of State for Health and Social Care v Servier – Law 360

Brian McDonald November 10, 2020 0 Comments

Our client, the UK’s Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, roundly defeated pharmaceutical company Servier Laboratories in the Supreme Court. The company had tried unsuccessfully to rely on a previous EU court ruling to prevent court proceedings going forward in London, centred on the Secretary of State’s allegations that Servier blocked generic competition […]

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Supreme Court judgment dated 6 November 2020 – clarity given on the principle of res judicata

Brian McDonald November 6, 2020 0 Comments

Secretary of State for Health & Social Care and the NHS Business Services Authority v Servier Laboratories Ltd and Others On 6 November 2020 the Supreme Court confirmed that context is everything when applying findings of the European Courts in separate proceedings. The Secretary of State for Health & Social Care and the NHS Business […]

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Peters & Peters’ Rachel Cook speaking at the Tax Investigations online conference

Brian McDonald November 5, 2020 0 Comments

Rachel Cook, a Tax investigations expert at P&P, will be presenting on corporate criminal offence ‘Investigations for failing to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion’ at the half-day Tax Investigations online conference on Tuesday 24 November 2020. This half-day conference will cover a key range of important and topical Tax Investigation issues which will be […]

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The uphill struggle involved in removing Interpol Red Notices

Brian McDonald November 5, 2020 0 Comments

Peter FitzGerald, Of Counsel, and Amalia Neenan, Legal Researcher, discuss the increasingly problematic process of removing Interpol Red Notices. Unfortunately, these powers can often be abused and manipulated for geopolitical gain, resulting in the inappropriate issuance of Red Notices against unsuspecting individuals. It is therefore vital that practitioners be aware of both the theoretical safeguards […]

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Acting for a divisional director of a PLC accused of insider trading by the FCA

Brian McDonald November 5, 2020 0 Comments

Our client was a divisional director of a listed company that was in the process of acquiring another. It was alleged that as an insider to the transaction he provided price sensitive information to a colleague who then traded on that information. The Financial Conduct Authority is taking no further action against our client.

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Representing the Managing Director of an aviation company in relation to alleged offences under the Bribery Act

Brian McDonald November 5, 2020 0 Comments

Our client’s company had its Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the Serious Fraud Office approved on 30 October 2020. The SFO is taking no further action against our client.

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Peters & Peters successfully opposes a multi-million pound NCA forfeiture application

Brian McDonald October 23, 2020 0 Comments

On 20 October 2020, District Judge Rimmer handed down a judgment dismissing the NCA’s application to forfeit £3.2million held in the bank account of our client, the former CEO of a multi-national corporation in the offshore oil and energy sector.   In November 2017, our client entered a plea agreement in the United States, pursuant […]

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Anna Bradshaw is quoted in S&P Global on the sanctions threat facing banks in China

Brian McDonald October 23, 2020 0 Comments

US sanctions in response to China’s new security law in Hong Kong are expected to target non-US banks. Anna Bradshaw says that non-US banks operating in Hong Kong will also have one eye on potential Chinese sanctions, under the new ‘unreliable entities’ list. Read more

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INTERPOL – Diffusions deleted

Brian McDonald October 22, 2020 0 Comments

Peters & Peters has succeeded in having diffusions deleted from INTERPOL in respect of two of our clients, who are very successful and high-profile Russian businessmen.   In a classic example of corporate raiding, the Russian Federation opened an “investigation to order” based on fabricated allegations, and twice sought to circulate diffusions in respect our […]

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Peters & Peters successfully opposes a multi-million pound NCA forfeiture application

Brian McDonald October 22, 2020 0 Comments

On 20 October 2020, District Judge Rimmer handed down judgment dismissing the NCA’s application to forfeit £3.2million held in the bank account of our client, the former CEO of a multi-national corporation in the offshore oil and energy sector (the “Company”). In November 2017, our client entered a plea agreement in the United States, pursuant […]

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