July 23, 2025
In a judgment that “raises concerns about the effectiveness of the criminal appeal system in England and Wales in confronting legal error” the Supreme Court has allowed the appeals of two bank employees who had been convicted of conspiracy to defraud by attempting to manipulating the LIBOR and EURIBOR benchmark rates: Rv. Hayes & Palombo [2025] UKSC 29. Jonathan Crow CVO, KC and Elizabeth Walsh represented one of the successful appellants pro bono.
Read the judgment.