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Christopher Coltart

 

Year of birth 1968
Year of call 1998
Inn Inner Temple
Circuit South Eastern
Qualifications Politics, Philosophy & Economics (M.A)
St Edmund Hall, Oxford
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Cited in the latest editions of Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500 and The Legal Experts, Christopher is regarded as being junior counsel of exceptional ability.

He has a wide range of experience.  Prior to being called to the Bar, he was a City solicitor, specialising in commercial property litigation. He now specialises in crime, particularly in the field of complex fraud. He is regularly instructed by the leading firms of solicitors and by the Fraud Prosecution Service.

He also undertakes regulatory work on behalf of the Security Industry Authority and the GMC. He has recent experience of prosecutions brought under the Financial Services legislation.

Notable Cases

Case name R v Cater & Others Case name R v Jagger & Healy
Appearance Defence Appearance Prosecution
Category Serious Fraud Category Fraud
Detail SFO prosecution. Case dismissed following s.6 application. Detail Multi-million pound Boiler Room fraud.
       
Case name R v James King Case name R v Prudhoe
Appearance Defence Appearance Defence
Category General Crime Category Serious Fraud
Detail James King was charged with Amy Winehouse’s husband of conspiring to pervert the course of justice.  Mr King was acquitted at trial. Detail SFO prosecution. Represented Chairman of company accused of £83 million invoice discounting fraud.