Lewis MacDonald

Criminal Regulatory

Lewis has acted in a number of cases for public authorities and for defendants in licencing, consumer protection, and financial services cases. He has acted in cases involving the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations and the Business Protection from Misleading Regulations, the Covid-19 regulations, the Licensing Act, and the Financial Services Act 2012 and Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.

Lewis has acted on his own and assisted a number of members of chambers in criminal regulatory matters. He has experience of cases involving corporate manslaughter, and breaches of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and associated regulations. He has acted multiple times for a national supermarket chain in food safety proceedings. He assisted on the boohoo Group PLC’s Independent Review into its Leicester supply chain.

Current and recent work:

National Money Lending Team v A

Sole counsel for individual charged with offences under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and Consumer Credit Act 1974, raising complex legal issues requiring resolution before the Lord Chief Justice in the Court of Appeal, where led by Sallie Bennet-Jenkins KC.