David Whittaker

Defending a property developer in a mortgage fraud.

Prosecuting a fraud perpetrated on the Museum of London.  Case involves related, factually complex, proceedings for money laundering achieved by unusual and technically sophisticated means.

Junior alone defending in a large residential mortgage fraud.

Leading junior for the defence in a 11-week trial at Norwich Crown Court. Alleged £50m "Ponzi" scheme involving international activity, along with historic and concurrent proceedings in several US states.

Represented the principal defendant in a money laundering case brought following the theft of US$15million from Germany's Commerzbank.  The Crown alleged serious organised criminal conduct involving theft of money by bank employees, laundered in jurisdictions around the world, before being returned to the UK.

Instructed by the Central Fraud Group to lead in a money laundering case valued at in excess of £5m.

Represented a solicitor charged with money laundering in relation to commercial properties.  The case involved close analysis of transactions through client accounts, complex valuation issues and matters of professional standards of solicitors.

Leading junior for the Central Fraud Group in a residential property mortgage fraud.

Sole counsel instructed to defend in a residential property mortgage fraud.

Leading junior for Central Fraud Group in a residential property mortgage fraud.

Defending (alone) in a large-scale tobacco importation case.  (9 importations.)

Defending, as leading junior, a director of multiple companies in an extensive and complex boiler room fraud.  S. alleged to have encouraged legitimate companies to enter into the fraud by putting themselves forward for promotion to victims.  The case also involved a complicated international dimension, with boiler rooms in Spain, and links to boiler rooms in the USA and other jurisdictions.

Leading junior for Central Fraud Group in residential mortgage fraud valued at in excess of £3m.

Defending, as leading junior, a director of a substantial textile company in a multi-million pound VAT and tax fraud.

Representing an appellant convicted of murder, serving a minimum term of thirty years.  The Crown's case at trial relied on extensive CCTV images of the defendant's car in a certain location.  The appeal will challenge the Crown's case on forensic science grounds. 

Case involves the presentation of complex expert witness evidence which will criticise the methodology of the original forensic investigation, and will suggest evidence that the appellant's car was in fact elsewhere at the time of the murder.

Instructed as junior alone in a shooting case.

Leading junior in a large cocaine supply case.

Defending as leading junior in drug importation and related money laundering.

Defending as leading junior in drugs importation case.

Defending as leading junior in drug importation and related money laundering.  It was alleged the client provided a banking facility for most of the major organised criminals in the South East.

Representing a director of a waste company which operated two significant landfill sites in a prosecution arising from investigations into breaches of various environmental regulations.  The case also saw him accused, with fellow directors, of industrial espionage relating to illegally viewing e-mails and tapping telephones to secure information in relation to commercially sensitive planning applications. Client acquitted, notwithstanding guilty pleas entered by other two defendants.