On 6 February 2019 David Lufkin, previously Global Head of Sales for Petrofac International Limited, pleaded guilty to eleven counts of bribery, contrary to sections 1(1) and 1(2) of the Bribery Act 2010. These offences relate to the making of corrupt offers to influence the award of contracts to Petrofac worth in excess of USD […]
Chambers is delighted to congratulate David Whittaker, Zubair Ahmad and Narita Bahra on their appointments to Queen’s Counsel which were officially announced today. All will be sworn in at the formal ceremony on 11th March.
Terrence Mitchell and Andrew Meikle were sentenced today at Southwark Crown Court for their part in running an investment scheme which the judge described as “an elegantly packaged scam”. Their company, Anglo Wealth Ltd, accepted very substantial deposits from individuals but failed to make proper investments. Instead, the bulk of the funds were dissipated on […]
Chambers are delighted to announce that Jonathan Kinnear QC has been elected as a Master of the Bench for The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn. Jonathan will commence his role of Bencher in 2019.
Lest you thought the higher courts had exhausted the vexed question of the proper ambit of legal professional privilege for this year at least (see SFO-v-ENRC Ltd [2018] EWCA (Civ) 2006), the Court of Appeal handed down another important judgement on the topic last week. In WH Holding Ltd-v-E20 Stadium LLP [2018] EWCA Civ 2652, […]