In this podcast, Michael O’Kane, Maya Lester KC talk to Dr Christian Rosinus, of Rosinus Partner, about sanction law. They begin by outlining the general EU, UK, and US sanctions jurisdictions, highlighting their similarities and differences. Michael then explains the applicability of UK sanctions and Maya addresses the influence of post-Brexit case law by the […]
Following detailed submissions from Peters & Peters, the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF) has quashed two Red Notices issued at the request of the United Arab Emirates against our client, an international businessman subject to “bounced cheque” (unfunded cheque) offences arising out of commercial loan agreements. Our submissions demonstrated that our client’s […]
Yesterday, after having agreed a plea deal with US authorities, Julian Assange left a US court in Saipan, in the Mariana Islands, a free man. This latest development brings to an end this long-running saga, including 13 years of self-imposed confinement and detention in a UK prison for the WikiLeaks founder. Nick Vamos, who has […]
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), working with the Metropolitan Police Service, conducted and operation to arrest two individuals suspected of running an illegal cryptoasset exchange. The regulator said that more than £1 billion of unregistered cryptoassets are believed to have been bought and sold through this business. During searches at two London properties, the police […]
The Financial Times discusses in this article how the pay for financial crime prosecutors in the UK is low in comparison to their private sector counterparts, making it less desirable for lawyers in the private sector to consider moving unless the public sector can demonstrate that there is non-monetary value to be gained. This […]
Peters & Peters was recently instructed to act for the NHS in long-running litigation against the Danish pharmaceutical company Lundbeck and several others, and to seek to resist arguments by the pharmaceutical companies that the NHS’ claim had been brought out of time and should not be allowed to proceed. The claims arise from the […]
In this LexisNexis Corporate Crime analysis, Nick Vamos and Adam Wawrzynski consider the extradition case of Julian Assange, how the case arose in 2010, its background, the current stage of the appeal and next steps, the main ground of appeal, and what, if any, impact a successful appeal would have. Please note that the article […]
The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) and latterly the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) have been leading the UK regulatory charge with respect to policing claims relating to the sustainability characteristics of products and services. However, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) now appears to be picking up the baton. What is the anti-greenwashing rule? The FCA […]
Last week, a US jury acquitted Mike Lynch, one of the UK’s former leading tech entrepreneurs, of fraud. He spent around one-third of his 12-year legal battle fighting extradition to the US. His case has fuelled criticism of the extradition arrangements between the UK to the US, with critics calling them “desperately unfair” and too […]
The end of April saw the Financial Conduct’s Authority’s (FCA) consultation on the public naming of investigation subjects close. Widely referred to as a plan to name and shame, the proposal has sparked a backlash from the market, various influential trade bodies and politicians. At the moment, anyone subject to investigation are not named until […]
