Adam King this week represented a Doctor charged with Fraud by False Representation after allegedly self-prescribing controlled drugs in breach of his Conditions of Practice. The Crown’s case was that the prescriptions presented were, for various...
This morning, the Court of Appeal Criminal Division handed down its decision in the appeal of Ziad Akle, former Unaoil employee, against his convictions for offences of bribery. The Court quashed Mr Akle's convictions and refused the SFO's request...
Tom Phillips has recently commenced his placement as a Pegasus Scholar in Uganda having been awarded the prestigious scholarship earlier this year. Tom is currently based within the High Court of Uganda and is working under the supervision of the Chief...
Chambers and Partners released their rankings for Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals today and QEB Hollis Whiteman and its members are acknowledged as leaders in the field. Chambers is ranked as Band 1 with sources describing us as "a set...
Jason Mansell was instructed by Jill Lorimer of Kingsley Napley LLP to advise a claims management company in respect of its application for authorisation. When instructed initially the FCA had invited the firm to withdraw its application or enter into a...
QEB Hollis Whiteman, Hickman & Rose and Peters & Peters hosted a webinar - The Serco Trial: What Went Wrong? In the webinar, the defence lawyers in the Serco prosecution considered the factors which led to the collapse of the case. Adrian...
Sir David has written the report UNDUE INFLUENCE: THE UAE AND INTERPOL. It was released today. Former Director of Public Prosecutions, Sir David Calvert-Smith was commissioned to write a report on the influence that the United Arab...
Jason Mansell and Tom Broomfield acted for a P2P lender whose application for authorisation had been refused by the FCA. The initial decision was successfully reversed. Following a contested hearing before the FCA’s Regulatory Decisions...
Adam King has co-authored the Bar Council's response to the Law Commission’s third consultation paper on automated vehicle (AV) law. The response discusses the many complexities of reforming the law to accommodate automated driving...
William Boyce QC and Karen Robinson have written in The Lawyer about their recent experience of private prosecution in the case of Deripaska v Chernukhin and R (on the application of Deripaska) v DPP [2020]. Bill and Karen consider the...
The Law of Artificial Intelligence, published by Sweet & Maxwell this week, has a chapter on Criminal Law, written by Adam King. The Law of Artificial Intelligence is an essential practitioner's reference text examining how key areas of current...
The Serious Fraud Office has reached a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) with Airline Services Limited (ASL). The DPA was given final approval by Mrs Justice May at a public hearing at Southwark Crown Court, sitting at the Royal Courts of Justice,...
