Financial Crime Financial Crime

UK fraud office denied permission to appeal key ENRC ruling

By Phoebe Seers and Martin Coyle
  • 03 Sep 2024 11:12
  • 03 Sep 2024 11:12
The UK’s Serious Fraud Office has been denied permission to appeal a ruling that its officials encouraged former Dechert partner Neil Gerrard to disclose confidential details of an internal investigation into mining company Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation. 
The Court of Appeal rejected the fraud agency’s application for permission to appeal

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Phoebe Seers

Correspondent


Phoebe has covered Financial Crime and compliance issues for MLex since 2015, initially in the Hong Kong bureau and currently in London. While in Hong Kong she won two SOPA awards for her reporting on corruption in the energy sector in Indonesia. Prior to journalism she worked as a solicitor with a focus on white-collar crime litigation in London and Hong Kong. She has a BA in English and Philosophy from Newcastle University.

Martin Coyle

Senior Correspondent


Martin Coyle is a senior correspondent, based in MLex's London office, reporting daily on bribery and corruption issues in the UK and Europe. Previously he was a senior editor at Thomson Reuters where he covered anti-money laundering, financial crime and regulatory enforcement issues. Prior to that he was editor of The Accountant, the world's oldest accounting publication, and International Accounting Bulletin, a bi-monthly business journal owned by Lafferty.

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