Neil Swift has been quoted in the Law Society Gazette responding to the Serious Fraud Office’s (SFO) newly released guidance aimed at corporations and businesses on how to report suspected fraud or corruption. The guidance, a first for the SFO, sets out clear expectations for how corporates can engage with the agency when concerns […]
A recent review led by Jonathan Fisher KC has proposed the introduction of an “Intensive Disclosure Regime” (IDR) designed to address the challenges of managing extensive digital material in complex fraud cases. The IDR aims to foster early engagement between prosecutors and defense lawyers, ensuring smoother resolution of disclosure issues. In a thought-provoking article […]
Sarah Gabriel has been recognized in The Lawyer Hot 100 2025, an annual list that celebrates excellence in the legal profession and highlights the brightest legal minds of today. The Lawyer points to Sarah’s pivotal role in the landmark case Republic of Mozambique v Credit Suisse, Privinvest, VTB Capital, and others, noting that 2024 […]
Mr Justice Robin Knowles CBE has today refused to grant permission to appeal to the Privinvest Group following his judgment on the merits in the Republic of Mozambique litigation dated 29 July 2024. By his further judgment handed down today, Tuesday 10 December 2024, the judge also required that the Privinvest Defendants pay £20 million […]
According to the Office of National Statistics, fraud accounts for 40% of crime committed against individuals in England and Wales, making it the most common type of crime. If nothing is done, this figure is likely to increase. The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is responsible for addressing high-level fraud and related offences. However, notoriously lacking […]
The Court of Appeal yesterday handed down judgment in an expedited appeal in complex committal proceedings. Peters & Peters’ client Mrs Nebahat İşbilen was respondent to the appeal brought by her one-time personal financier and trusted adviser, Mr Selman Turk, who had been sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment in March 2024 following findings that he […]
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched a review of its cases after discovering issues with software used in evidence disclosure. According to the Financial Times, the agency has told the defendants in all affected cases about the issues, which affected its ability to search for relevant terms of evidence. It added that a solution […]
Earlier this month, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) published its new strategy for the next five years. This follows on from Nick Ephgrave’s promise of a bold new approach in his inaugural public address as director of the SFO. However, scratch the surface and much of the content and rhetoric in these recent pronouncements has […]
Peters & Peters has recently been instructed to act for the NHS in long-running litigation against the Danish pharmaceutical company Lundbeck and several others. The claims arise from the European Commission’s 2013 decision that Lundbeck and the other defendants infringed European competition law by entering into ‘pay for delay’ agreements under which generic producers and […]
Head of International Keith Oliver and Legal Researcher Caroline Timoney have contributed a chapter to CDR: Essential Intelligence – Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery 2024, which has just come out. The guide offers an update on the legislative, regulatory and enforcement developments across 17 key jurisdictions, as well as expertise on current trends and issues […]
