NEWS | Serious crime investigator wins 2023 MKS award
Emma Barker is the third recipient of Martin Kenney Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Study of Financial Investigation.
Law360 | White-Collar Crime Pro Joins Asset Recovery Practice MKS
Law360 has interviewed leading fraud and white collar crime barrister, Charles Bott KC, who has joined our firm as our new Head of Advocacy.
OPINION | Time for UK to draft better whistleblowing legislation?
It is clear that current whistleblowing rules are not fit for purpose in the UK, argues Tony McClements, and that legislation needs beefing up.
NEWS | Renowned barrister Charles Bott KC joins MKS
One of the UK’s most highly-regarded serious fraud and white collar crime barristers, Charles Bott KC, has joined world-renowned disputes and asset recovery litigation practice, Martin Kenney & Co (MKS).
MKS ANALYSIS | Sanctions against Russia
Read Martin Kenney and Jamie James on how leading common law jurisdictions have dealt with sanctions against Russia in the latest IFC Review publication, the IFC Economic Report.
OPINION | Government and police are failing fraud victims
British police and the UK government are woefully failing to prioritise fraud as a crime, leading to greater need for third parties to step in with efforts such as private prosecutions, suggests Shaun Reardon-John.
OPINION | ECJ ruling on UBO registers ‘victory for common sense’
Martin Kenney welcomes a decision by the European Court of Justice that open beneficial ownership registers – sometimes called open UBO registers – are incompatible with the right to privacy. Unlimited transparency isn’t necessarily effective in the battle against economic criminals, he warns.
CHRISTMAS | Supporting children in the BVI
Staff at Martin Kenney (MKS) in the BVI donated a range of toys to Lions Club Tortola as part of an annual toy drive for Christmas this year.
NEWS | MKS at UN Commission on International Trade Law
MKS solicitor-advocate Shaun Reardon-John appeared at the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) in Vienna with our long-time friend and colleague, Dr Henrique Forrsell of Duarte Forssell Advogados, helping to develop a a model law on cross-border asset recovery.
⚡️ ECJ ruling | Martin Kenney tells UK’s Mail newspaper of flaws in UBO registers
Martin Kenney told the Mail on Sunday newspaper in the UK that public registers are an affront to the right to privacy and also rarely have the intended effect of increasing effective enforcement.