Edward Garnier KC speaks on the political and legal development of the UK’s sanctions regime at King’s College...
Edward Garnier KC spoke on the political and legal development of the UK’s sanctions regime at a conference on ‘Targeted Sanctions and Human Rights; Reflecting on the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime in the UK and beyond’ at King’s College, London, organised by Yifan Jia,PhD Candidate & Visiting Lecturer at the Dickson Poon School of […]
25th April 2025
Lord Edward Garnier KC featured in The Legal 500 podcast
Will Tolcher, global Bar Editor speaks with Lord Edward Garnier KC, about his twinned and intertwined careers in law and politics as one of England’s leading defamation barristers, as well as a member of parliament for two and a half decades and Solicitor General for England and Wales. Listen to the podcast here.
12th November 2024
Edward Garnier KC speaking at 6th White Collar Crime Workshop
On Friday 18th October, Edward Garnier KC will be speaking at the 6th White Collar Crime Workshop at the Embassy of Japan in Washington DC. Edward will be speaking Roundtable Session 2 on The New Economic Crime & Corporate Transparency Act in the UK alongside a panel of other legal professionals. To register for this […]
3rd July 2024
4 Pump Court at London International Disputes Week
4 Pump Court will once again be taking part in London International Disputes Week (LIDW) in June. Members look forward to participating in the following events: Wednesday 5 June- ‘Harnessing the power of AI in ADR: recent developments, use cases and limits’ hosted at 4 Pump Court from 9:00-10:30am. Register here: LIDW 2024 – Harnessing […]
Edward Garnier KC speaking at Rahman Ravelli and TL4 FIRE event ‘Corporate Crime: Detection & Reaction’
On 15th February, Edward Garnier KC alongside Aziz Rahman will be co-chairing Rahman Ravelli and ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE’s ‘Corporate Crime: Detection & Reaction’ Conference at The Hallam, London. Following the passing of the UK’s Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act late last year, experts will gather across a series of panels to discuss: – The SFO – DPAs. – Failure to Prevent Charge – […]
Yes, Slapps are a problem, but they are still pretty rare- Edward Garnier KC in The Times
Edward Garnier KC Thursday November 23 2023, 12.01am, The Times There has been plenty of sound and fury in parliament and the press this year about Slapps — strategic lawsuits against public participation. There is now a limited anti-Slapp provision in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 and as we near the next […]
27th November 2023
Review of the provision of legal services on the Isle of Man
On Monday 16 October 2023 Lord Garnier KC presented his Review of the provision of legal services on the Isle of Man to the Island’s Parliament, the Tynwald. Commissioned by the Minister for Justice and Home Affairs, Jane Poole-Wilson, in April 2021 to conduct the Review, Edward Garnier, assisted by 4 Pump Court’s Samantha O’Brien […]
7th November 2023
Edward Garnier KC features in The Times article ‘Economic crime act ‘falls short’’
After lengthy debate and disagreement between the Lords and the Commons throughout the year on the ambit of the failure to prevent economic crime regime under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill, the legislation is now on the statute book as the 2023 Act. 4 Pump Court’s Lord Garnier KC successfully amended the Bill […]
3rd November 2023
24 members from 4 Pump Court have been commended in the Who’s Who Legal: UK Bar 2023 report across 9 practice areas
We are pleased to announce that 23 members from 4 Pump Court have been commended in the Who’s Who Legal: UK Bar 2023 report across 9 practice areas. Arbitration– Rachel Ansell KC and Nick Vineall KC Business crime defence– Nigel Tozzi KC Construction– Rachel Ansell KC, James Bowling, Sean Brannigan KC, Thomas Crangle, Simon Henderson, […]
14th July 2023
‘Peers Vote To Widen Business Fraud Law, Cut SME Exemption’- House of Lords puts through two amendments...
Law 360 has published the below article following a debate on the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill in the House of Lords yesterday evening. Members of the U.K.’s House of Lords have tabled proposals to widen a new offense that will make companies criminally liable for failing to prevent fraud by their employees to include […]
28th June 2023
Public needs direct action to crack down on digital scammers- Edward Garnier KC
Economic crime — bribery, money laundering and fraud — is back in the news and on political agendas, although it has not really been out of the spotlight over the past 20 years. Two pieces of proposed legislation before parliament, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill and the Online Safety Bill, provide an opportunity […]
6th June 2023
Sanctions: related matters
Some of our sanctions related legal work includes: Nick Vineall KC Nick appeared in the Supreme Court for the shareholders of Bank Mellat in the bank’s successful claim that British government sanctions against the Iranian bank were irrational and therefore unlawful. Nick then led the Bank’s team on its subsequent claim for damages under the […]
12th April 2022
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