Nicholas Rhodes QC
Year of Call: 1981 LLB (Hons)
Year of Silk: 2008
Appointments: Recorder
Specialist Areas: Serious Crime, Homicide, Serious Violent Offences, Sexual Offences, Serious Fraud & White Collar Crime, MTIC Fraud , Commercial Crime, Regulatory & Compliance Work
Biography
Practice Profile
Cases
BiographyA highly-regarded defence advocate with extensive experience in grave crime; including homicide, serious fraud, drug trafficking offences and sexual offences.
Practice ProfilePractising areas include Homicide and serious crime, complex fraud, Corruption, Regulatory Compliance, Serious sexual offences.
He has appeared defending at trial in Northern Ireland and Grand Cayman. His practice includes advisory work on compliance issues where fraud is or may be alleged and defending professional / corporate clients.
CasesRecent Cases:
Murder
R v Vincent and others
High profile professional murder using a machine gun of a notorious London gangster.
R v Menzies and others
High profile Sheffield gangland shooting
R v Nelson
Murder by arson Birmingham
R v D and others
Allegation of multiple murders by arson in Sheffield
R v Taylor and others
Murder arising from gangland feud Birmingham
R v Siddique and others
Gang style street murder East London
R v Olukun
Murder of architect in East London
R v F
Allegation of murder by driving car over lover
R v D
Allegation of murder resulting from drunken violence
Grand Cayman v R
Allegation of gang murder.
Grand Cayman v E and others
Allegation of shooting of bank guard in the course of bank robbery.
Serious Fraud
Link/CRT
High Profile serious fraud relating to alleged role of solicitor in proceedings arising out of the National Vocation Qualification scheme operated by the Further Education Council.
McCarthy's Food
Serious fraud against creditors and Official Receiver arising from the collapse of a well known prepared foods manufacturer and associated companies.
R v Iqbal and others
High profile serious fraud relating to the collapsed HMG National Learning Scheme (ILA)
R v K
Corruption in public office
Serious Sex Offences
R v D
Alleged historic abuse of offspring over period of 30 years
R v B
Alleged 40 year campaign of sexual attacks and abuse of children.
Serious Drugs and associated offences
R v Young and others
Large scale trafficking UK/Ireland
R v Janturk and others
Large-scale Heroin trafficking N. Cyprus, Turkey and UK
R v C
Large-scale shipment Cocaine from the Mexican Gulf