Our financial crime team brings together a number of dedicated experts in the prosecution and defence of all types of financial offending. Members of the team are involved at all stages of the criminal process from pre-charge advice and restraint, through criminal trial to confiscation proceedings and enforcement. We provide representation and advice in all such matters, from the largest commercial scam to the smallest allegation of benefit fraud.
Barristers
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David Gordon
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Eric Elliott QC
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Patrick Palmer
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Roger Birch
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David Dixon
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Diane Nixon
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Craig Hassall
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Stephen Grattage
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Catherine Silverton
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Toni Wharton
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Robert Stevenson
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Laura Addy
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Toby Coupe
Clerks
Our team members frequently receive instructions in commercial frauds, tax evasion, money laundering and false accounting. Recent cases have included complex, high-value conspiracies, both domestic and international. Many of our barristers are well-versed in company structures, complex accounting information and extra-jurisdictional considerations. Many of our financial specialists are also members of the Regulatory and Disciplinary team and therefore also have an expert understanding of the regulatory framework in which companies operate.
Chambers’ financial crime specialists often appear on behalf of the various prosecuting authorities in such offending. Several of our team are members of the Attorney General’s list of prosecuting advocates. For the defence, our lay clients have included directors of large companies and financial professionals to small-scale alleged fraudsters.
As in all areas, Chambers adopts a start to finish approach to financial crime. The team have a detailed working knowledge of all areas of the confiscation legislation under both the Criminal Justice Act 1988 and the proceeds of Crime Act 2002. Members are experienced in all stages of asset forfeiture and confiscation from drafting restraint orders and responses, prosecuting or defending confiscation and ancillary hearings, dealing with statements of inadequacy through to appeals and enforcement. The values involved have ranged from the trivial to many millions of pounds and members of the team were recently involved in one of the largest confiscation applications ever made on this circuit.
With the introduction of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, the confiscation regime has become of great importance, particularly in the prosecution of financial crime. Several members of our team are regularly briefed by the national asset forfeiture departments of several prosecuting authorities including the Crown Prosecution Service, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and the Department for Work and Pensions.
In addition to our advocacy and advisory services, the team are able to provide specialist training for legal professionals and investigators on any aspect of the team’s area of practice.
For further details please contact Yvonne Crosbie or Zoe Bellwood on 0113 245 1841.
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