"A great tactician." "He is the smoothest advocate and is always on top of his brief."
His practice has become predominantly one of defending in cases of serious fraud, brought by the specialist authorities – the SFO, FSA (now FCA), Office of Fair Trading (now the Competition and Markets Authority) and HMRC.
Operation Amazon
The trial of seven Defendants on allegations of conspiracy to cheat the Revenue where the potential loss to HMRC exceeded £107m. Represented a Chartered Accountant who was acquitted after the Prosecution offered no further evidence following a 10 month trial.
R v P (and another)
£52m pension fraud.
R v B and others
£200m money laundering allegations against a partner in a firm of solicitors.
R v T and others
Claims management insurance fraud alleged against a solicitor.
R v B and others
Represented a Defendant in a trial arising out of the liquidation of JJB plc, the sportswear retailer.
R v B and others
€50m cross border money laundering involving multiple jurisdictions, including Luxembourg, France, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Dubai.
R v S and others
‘Blue Index’ – the first cross border (UK – USA) insider dealing prosecution, resulting from a joint investigation by the US Dept of Justice, the SEC and the British authorities. Identified in advance by The Lawyer magazine as one of the most significant cases of the year and the only criminal case on their list.
R v G and others
Acted for one of four senior British Airways executives accused of a price fixing cartel in conjunction with Virgin Atlantic Airways executives in regards to passenger fuel surcharges.
Kent Pharmaceuticals
Represented a human Defendant in allegations against individuals and corporations of price fixing in the NHS – at the time, the largest prosecution ever brought by the SFO.
R v P and others
Mortgage fraud.
Major Accountancy Firm
Represented a major accountancy firm both in judicial review proceedings arising out of a SFO prosecution and, separately, in regards to accountants’ duties in connection with a criminal prosecution.
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