Fiona Robertson

Business Crime & Financial Services

High value, complex fraud cases form a significant part of Fiona’s practise. She is instructed in private prosecutions as well as defending in cases brought by the CPS, HMRC and SFO.

Notable Cases:

R v F (2023)

Fiona represents the second defendant accused of cheating the public revenue in respect of multi-million pound VAT evasion.

R v J, P and M (2022)

Fiona was instructed by the SFO in the prosecution of employees of G4S for defrauding the Ministry of Justice

R v B (2021)

Fiona represented a lawyer accused of defrauding the Commonwealth Secretariat and a leading international law firm. The defendant was further accused of fraudulently securing employment with a law firm after failing to disclose that he had previously been dismissed for cause from the Commonwealth Secretariat.

R v M (2020)

Fiona secured the acquittal of a Spanish national accused of laundering the proceeds of a diversion fraud committed against the Ministry of Defence. The MoD computer network was manipulated by a corrupt clerk resulting in salaries for 55 personnel being diverted into mule accounts. The defendant received a significant proportion of these funds and, within 24 hours, it was sent to third party accounts, used to effect large foreign currency exchanges or withdrawn in cash.