Dominic Wai of ONC Lawyers (exclusive White Collar Crime member in Hong Kong) recently travelled to Taipei, Taiwan and was able to visit the offices of three IR Global Members. Firstly, here we see Dominic at the offices of Pamir Law Group, meeting recent IR Global Amsterdam Headline Sponsor Nicholas V. Chen (left, exclusive Mergers & […]
Partner Hannah Laming and Associate Karl Masi discuss common issues in business crime in relation to the jurisdiction of England and Wales – including criminal law enforcement, organisation of courts, corporate criminal liability, statutes of limitation and initiation of investigations. The guide will be promoted and distributed at international conferences throughout the year. Read more
Arti Dhir and Kaval Raijada are facing calls to be extradited to India over allegations that they arranged for the murder of their adopted son for profit. The UK has rejected requests to extradite the couple to face trial in India on human rights grounds. Partner Nick Vamos says that the decision has been made […]
Cryptocurrency. The word evokes images of dodgy dealings on shady online platforms, with masked individuals who are always just out of reach. Throw in a mysterious case about vanishing Bitcoins and an allegedly faked death (as in the QuadrigaCX debacle) and you’ve got yourself the plot to a David Fincher-esque film, tipped for Oscar glory. Read […]
As the Brexit deadline on 31 October looms, there are still many uncertainties about the effects of the UK leaving the EU without a deal. Discussions tend to focus on trade, potential shortages and the constitutional position of Northern Ireland. Criminal justice sometimes gets a mention, and there is general acceptance that operational effectiveness will […]
The 2018/2019 Annual Report of the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) revealed that the value of sanctions breaches self-reported to the agency fell by more than a billion pounds in the last financial year. Partner Anna Bradshaw said that the parallel decline in the number of reports submitted could be the start of a […]
Russian assurances on prison conditions are highly topical and have been crucial to the UK courts’ decisions in recent cases on whether to extradite individuals to the Russian Federation. Extraditions from the UK to Russia are, for the time being, at a standstill, owing to deficiencies in the independent monitoring of Russian prison conditions, which […]
Dear Clients and Friends, This special newsletter aims to regularly update practitioners on important and noteworthy cases in the areas of corporate disputes and insolvency in Hong Kong, the UK and other common law countries. In this issue, we have highlighted: · 8 Corporate Insolvency Cases · 2 Cross-border Insolvency Cases · 1 Restructuring Cases […]
A proposed budgetary regulation would make European Union funding contingent on Member States complying with rule of law norms and values, with the prospect of Member State access to EU funding being suspended or withheld on the basis of identified deficiencies. Partner Anna Bradshaw comments in CNSNews on the potential implications of the initiative. Read more
The United States have imposed sanctions on two subsidiaries of the China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) for allegedly carrying Iranian crude oil. Partner Anna Bradshaw tells Reuters, “For anyone not subject to U.S. sanctions jurisdiction it will ultimately come down to a question of risk appetite: Just because the U.S. authorities have the power to […]
The slew of high profile crypto-frauds that have permeated the media, show that this type of crime is significantly on the rise. Cryptocurrency security firm CipherTrace, reports that $1.2 billion has been stolen through various cryptocurrency-based frauds in just the first quarter of 2019, $356 million of which was exclusively looted through exchange hackings. Is […]
15/08/2019 Corporate Crime analysis: Jasvinder Nakhwal, partner at Peters & Peters, and Craig Hogg, associate at the firm, consider some of the key provisions of the Criminal Procedure (Amendment No 2) Rules 2019 and the potential implications. Original news Criminal Procedure (Amendment No 2) Rules 2019, LNB News 16/07/2019 SI 2019/1119: Amendments are made to […]