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2 Hare Court, Temple, London, EC4Y 7BH
Tel: 020 7353 5324
Fax: 020 7353 0667
2 Hare Court, Temple, London, EC4Y 7BH
Tel: 020 7353 5324
Fax: 020 7353 0667
Vivienne Tanchel
Qualifications:
1986: LLB (London School of Economics & Political Science)
Awards:
2004: Benefactors' Scholarship (Middle Temple)
Since being called in 2005, Vivienne has developed a practice, beyond her call, which focuses almost exclusively on representing corporate and professional defendants in "white collar” financial crime and regulatory proceedings. Prior to her coming to the Bar she spent fifteen years working as a trader and advisor in the City of London and other international markets, which allows her to offer clients a particularly valuable insight into the regulatory environment governing both the financial services and corporate markets.
Criminal Fraud
Vivienne is regularly instructed, by some of the leading defence solicitors, to advise and represent bankers, directors & officers of companies, hedge fund managers and other City professionals facing criminal and regulatory allegations. She has extensive experience of cases involving allegations of insider dealing, market abuse, boiler room fraud, money laundering, VAT fraud, mortgage fraud and directors' disqualification proceedings.
Vivienne also has particular expertise in dealing with confiscation, restraint and asset forfeiture proceedings brought in the Crown and High Courts by bodies such as the FSA and HMRC. She is comfortable dealing with issues such as complex disclosure and variations of orders.
She is appointed to the SFO's "C” List of Approved Counsel.
Civil Fraud
Vivienne is very regularly instructed to advise and appear on appeals both to the First Tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) against decisions by HMRC Commissioners to deny the repayment of VAT and to the Upper Tier Tribunal. Her experience includes cases involving appeals for several million pounds as well as smaller claims which involve novel points of law.
Professional Discipline
By way of natural extension to her work defending professionals in the criminal and civil courts, Vivienne also appears before the disciplinary committees of a wide variety of regulatory bodies. She is frequently instructed to represent registrants in proceedings brought by the General Medical Council, Nursing & Midwifery Council, General Pharmaceutical Council, Bar Standards Board and others, at both first instance and on appeal to the Care Standards Tribunal, High Court, and Court of Appeal. Vivienne also has experience of bringing claims for Judicial Review in associated proceedings.
| Case name | R v AM |
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| Detail | Instructed for the defence as led junior in large scale money laundering operation. Trial to be heard in September 2012. |
| Case name | R v G (Kingston Crown Court) |
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| Detail | Instructed for the defence as sole junior in a complex fraud on the payroll system of a company which employed a large number of temporary employees. (November - December 2011) |
| Case name | R v H (Ipswich Crown Court) |
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| Detail | Instructed for the defence as a led junior in a large boiler room fraud prosecuted by the Serious Fraud Office. Case involved the activities of 5 brokers and was linked to several other cases other cases tried separately. (June - September 2011) |
| Case name | R v A (Southwark Crown Court) |
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| Detail | Instructed for the defence as junior alone in advising and representing a city trader charged with insider trading. This case involved the first plea agreement entered into by the Financial Services Authority. (2011) |
| Case name | R v WH and 5 Others (Norwich Crown Court) |
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| Detail | Instructed for the defence as led junior in complex fraud on the Revenue. (October - December 2010) |
| Case name | R v DM and 1 Other (Peterborough Crown Court) |
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| Detail | Instructed for the defence as a led junior in a significant advance fee fraud. (September 2010) |
| Case name | R v K and 2 others (Southwark Crown Court) |
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| Detail | Instructed for the defence as junior alone in a fraud on Barclays Bank of a sum in excess of £1million. (May - June 2010) |
| Case name | G (A company) v HMRC |
|---|---|
| Category | First Tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) |
| Detail | Instructed as led junior for the Appellant in multi-million pound appeal against HMRC’s decision to deny VAT claim. |
| Case name | GS (A Company) HMRC |
|---|---|
| Category | First Tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) |
| Detail | Instructed for the Appellant as sole junior in advising in an appeal against a decision of HMRC to deny a VAT claim. The advice involved a novel point of law which was successful before the First Tier Tribunal. |
| Case name | Further hearings before the First Tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) include: |
|---|---|
| Detail | T (A Company) v HMRC; D(A Company) v HMRC; F (A Company) v HMRC; and A (A Company) v HMRC. |
| Case name | L v The Financial Services Authority |
|---|---|
| Detail | Instructed as a junior alone to represent Mr. L before the Regulatory Decisions Committee. |
| Case name | A v The Financial Services Authority |
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| Detail | Instructed as a junior alone to advise Mr. A on an investigation conducted by the FSA into compliance breaches. |
| Case name | M v NMC |
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| Detail | Represented Mr. M in an appeal to the High Court against an interim suspension order imposed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council. |
| Case name | Dr. F v General Medical Council |
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| Detail | Represented a doctor in proceedings brought against him for dishonest behaviour. |
