P Gray

Peter L. Gray K.C.

Year of Call: 1992

Year of Silk: 2002

Qualifications

LL.B (Hons) University of Southampton

Special interests

Criminal

Health & Safety

Biography

Peter Gray is described by the Legal 500 as a leading practitioner in regulatory crime and, in particular, in the fields of health and safety, environmental and corporate financial prosecutions.

In the context of health and safety, and environmental crime Peter has been instructed to appear on behalf of corporate accused in the most serious prosecutions, statutory appeals and high profile Fatal Accident Inquiries in recent years.

In relation to financial crime Peter specialises in corporate fraud, tax fraud, VAT evasion, and bribery and money laundering offences and has been instructed in a number of the most significant financial crime cases including those relating to MTIC carousel fraud, offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906 and the Bribery Act 2010. In this area a significant part of Peter`s practice is also of an advisory nature, in particular with regard to potential corporate criminal liability arising in relation to anti money laundering obligations and associated matters, both domestically and internationally.

 

Cases

2011: HMA v The Maersk Company Ltd (h & s)

2011: AR Communications Ltd v HMRC. (fraud)

2013: HMA v Svitzer Marine Ltd (h & s)

2013: PF v Taqa Bratani Limited (envir crime)

2014: Superpuma Helicopter FAI (representing BP)

Appointments

Advocate Depute, January 1998-December 2000