Chambers is delighted to have been shortlisted in 10 categories at the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2023. Categories: Corporate Crime Junior of the year | Vivienne Tanchel Corporate Crime Silk of the year | Jonathan Kinnear KC Crime and Extradition Set of the year Crime and Extradition Junior of the year | Julia Faure Walker […]
Free of charge and held entirely online, the Bar Council’s Pupillage Fair this year will give you the chance to get advice from barristers and discuss your prospects directly with representatives from 2 Hare Court. The Pupillage Fair is designed to arm you with everything you need to know about accessing the profession and starting a […]
Jonathan Kinnear QC and Howard Watkinson (along with Tom Payne from Red Lion Court) acted for the SFO in the prosecution and sentence of Petrofac Limited. On 1 October 2021 Petrofac entered guilty pleas to seven counts of failing to prevent bribery, contrary to s.7 of the Bribery Act 2010 in respect of corrupt contracts […]
The Court of Appeal delivered judgment today in respect of the admissibility of evidence obtained by the National Crime Agency from the French and Dutch authorities who had infiltrated EncroChat, a bespoke encrypted global communication service said to have been used exclusively by criminals. The provision of the evidence led to the UK’s largest ever law […]
In connection with the SFO’s ongoing investigation into Petrofac Limited and its subsidiaries (Petrofac), David Lufkin, a British national and the former Global Head of Sales at Petrofac, yesterday pleaded guilty at Westminster Magistrates’ Court to three counts of bribery. The offences relate to corrupt offers and payments made between 2012 and 2018 to influence […]
