Partner Anna Bradshaw interviewed on Channel 5 news, speaking on post-Brexit criminal justice cooperation in her capacity as a member of the Law Society’s EU committee. To see the full interview, please click here.
Officials on both sides recognise the need for smooth extradition and intelligence-sharing, so threats to withhold co-operation are worrying, Nick Vamos writes. Read more.
The Law Commission is hosting a symposium to coincide with the launch of a consultation paper on how to reform the reporting regimes to optimise prevention, detection and prosecution of money laundering and terrorism financing in the UK, Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing: Reforming the Reporting Regimes. Partner Anna Bradshaw is speaking on a panel discussing litigation arising […]
Another high-profile foreign dispute, this time related to a stake in a Russian fishing company valued at more than a billion pounds, has opened in the High Court – though the relevance of England and Wales as a jurisdiction has again been called into question. Read more.
With tensions still at melting point in the conflict over Ukraine, the UK government could target high value properties of Russians accused of corruption or links to the Kremlin. If they are sanctioned, their properties will be frozen, and they won’t be able to sell, rent or re-mortgage them. The UK’s updated Russian sanctions legislation […]
Russia could be almost cut out of the global financial system if the proposed western sanctions go ahead. Experts have warned that this could create chaos for the Russian economy and impoverish ordinary Russians. The measures threatened by the western nations if Russia incurs further into Ukraine will be unprecedented. The UK for example has […]
We are pleased to share that Peters & Peters’ associate, Dr Debbie Sayers, has contributed significantly to the second edition of the leading text on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights – ‘The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights – A Commentary’ published by Bloomsbury. The book was the first commentary of the EU Charter of […]
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that the English court has no jurisdiction to hear claims brought by Kuwait’s Public Institution for Social Security against Peters & Peters’ client, Swiss national Mr Philippe Bertherat. The Public Institution for Social Security (which administers the Kuwaiti social security and pension scheme) alleges that through secret commissions and […]
The use of strategic corruption between states has the potential to cast domestic law enforcement bodies as agents in foreign policy and international disputes. International public policy must demand that justice is upheld in terms of due process rather than political bargaining. Introduction By Robert Hanratty, Associate. On 3 June 2021, President Biden issued a […]
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office has brought its second-ever charges against a public official in Bulgaria for allegedly receiving bribes and accepting illicit payments. The EPPO started operations in June and secured its first conviction in November. “Nobody was expecting the explosion of cases” says Anna Bradshaw. “There has been a steady stream of reports […]
