Three defendants, the Italian nationals Michele Di Pierro and Marcello Di Pierro, and the English company International Brand Firm Ltd, were on 24 June 2021 unanimously convicted by a jury at Southwark Crown Court sitting at Prospero House, of conspiracy to defraud against Supreme and fraud by misrepresentation against the general public, in respect of […]
In January this year Chris Coltart QC and I wrote about the practical considerations when bringing private prosecutions against foreign defendants. We said that “An individual cannot be sent to the Crown Court without appearing in the Magistrates’ Court”. It turns out we were wrong, at least as far as indictable only offences were concerned. […]
Welcome to our first Private Prosecutions’ Group newsletter of 2021. Brian O’Neill QC Editor No newsletter at the start of a new year would be complete without a review of the preceding one. And whilst 2020 was truly an annus horribilis, it was not without its developments in the world of private prosecutions as Fiona […]
Eight members of Chambers have been appointed to the Serious Fraud Office’s panels of external counsel, affirming Chambers’ expertise in complex financial crime. Chambers would like to congratulate Brian O’Neill QC (QC Panel), Jonathan Kinnear QC (QC Panel), Chris Foulkes (Panel A), Angus Bunyan (Panel A), Howard Watkinson (Panel B), Fiona Robertson (Panel B), Will […]
The ex-Freshfield partner Ryan Beckwith has successfully overturned findings that his sexual activity with an associate in his department breached his duties to act with integrity and behave in a way that maintains public trust. Important for too many reasons to cover in a single newsflash, Mr Justice Swift’s judgment is primarily examined here as […]