Alison Levitt QC has been appointed to conduct an Independent Review in respect of issues raised at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (“RICS”) in 2018 and 2019 following the commissioning by the RICS audit committee of a treasury management audit. She will be assisted by Chris Foulkes. Articles appeared in the press suggesting that […]
Welcome to our first Private Prosecutions’ Group newsletter of 2021. Brian O’Neill QC Editor No newsletter at the start of a new year would be complete without a review of the preceding one. And whilst 2020 was truly an annus horribilis, it was not without its developments in the world of private prosecutions as Fiona […]
Eight members of Chambers have been appointed to the Serious Fraud Office’s panels of external counsel, affirming Chambers’ expertise in complex financial crime. Chambers would like to congratulate Brian O’Neill QC (QC Panel), Jonathan Kinnear QC (QC Panel), Chris Foulkes (Panel A), Angus Bunyan (Panel A), Howard Watkinson (Panel B), Fiona Robertson (Panel B), Will […]
Welcome to the Winter Edition of the 2 Hare Court Tax Team newsletter. In this edition, Jonathan Kinnear QC and Laura Stephenson cover the important decision of R (oao PML Accounting Limited) handed down by the Court of Appeal which touches on penalties following a resolution of the underlying decision. Vivienne Tanchel and Howard Watkinson consider […]
Chris Foulkes was part of a team of counsel instructed by the SFO in the largest ever UK deferred prosecution agreement, between the SFO and Rolls Royce Plc. On 17th January 2017, Sir Brian Leveson, President of the Queen’s Bench Division, approved a settlement involving a financial order of £497.25 million, plus interest and costs. […]