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,...
We are delighted that The Lawyer Magazine has decided to award William Boyce QC with Barrister of the Week. William Boyce QC's full interview can be accesssed here ....
This month Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 published the results of their research on the legal community and the leaders in their fields. Members of QEB Hollis Whiteman Chambers have 74 acknowledgements in Chambers & Partners across...
Jason Mansell is currently advising Wellesley & Co Limited on a direct access basis in respect of FCA regulatory issues arising out of the CVA filed on 24 September 2020 by Wellesley Finance Plc. ...
The SFO has today received approval in principle to enter into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) with G4S Care and Justice Services (UK) Ltd (G4S C&J), a wholly-owned subsidiary of G4S Plc. On Friday 17 July, the SFO will apply for final approval of...
QEB Hollis Whiteman, in collaboration with SKRINE, will present a webinar on the practical insights needed to keep organisations compliant with s. 17A MACC Act. Malaysia’s corporate liability law is modelled on the UK Bribery Act 2010....
In a judgment given on the 21st May by HHJ Spragg at Newcastle Crown Court, a confiscation order was made in the amount of only £8907.08. This was in circumstances where the prosecution had been seeking a confiscation order in the amount of almost...
