Narita Bahra and Tom Day were instructed to defend an employee of Royal Mail Revenue Protection Department who was alleged to have assisted a Company to defraud the Royal Mail of approximately £33 million pounds of revenue fraud and of attempting to pervert the course of justice. The prosecution relied in the main upon a […]
Will Martin has successfully secured a costs order against a private prosecutor for improperly commenced criminal proceedings against his clients, three businessmen. The private prosecutor, a solicitor, instigated proceedings alleging a conspiracy to blackmail. The allegations resulted from the private prosecutor’s acrimonious purchase of a London property owned by two of the businessmen. The prosecution […]
The Chambers of Jonathan Laidlaw QC, 2 Hare Court, are delighted to announce that they will be joined from 19th November by Alison Levitt QC. Alison was previously at Mishcon de Reya having founded their successful White Collar Crime and Investigations Group in March 2014. Alison said: “I am delighted to be joining 2 Hare […]
2 Hare Court are delighted to be ranked as a top tier set in two practice areas in Legal 500 2018: Crime (General Crime) Fraud: Crime (Including Money Laundering and Asset Forfeiture) 2 Hare Court are also ranked as leading sets in the following practice areas: Business and Regulatory Crime (Including Global Investigation) – Tier […]
Brian O’Neill QC has secured the acquittal of K in a private prosecution brought against him following long running civil proceedings. K was accused of fraud relating to the issue of gas safe certificates; what might be described as a ‘health and safety fraud’. Following a three weeks trial earlier this year, at which an […]