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
BiographyA Queen’s Counsel since 2008, Nicholas Rhodes is a highly-regarded defence advocate with an extensive portfolio in grave crime including:
Homicide
Serious Violent Offences
Serious Fraud & White Collar Crime
Drug trafficking offences
Sexual offences
Commercial Crime
Regulatory & Compliance Work
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.
CasesMURDER
R v Vincent & Others (High profile professional murder using a machine gun of a notorious London gangster)
R v Menzies & Others (High profile Sheffield gangland shooting)
R v Nelson (Murder by arson Birmingham)
R v D & Others (Allegation of multiple murders by arson in Sheffield)
R v Taylor & Others (Murder arising from gangland feud Birmingham)
R v Siddique & 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 & 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 & 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 & Others (Large scale trafficking UK/Ireland)
R v Janturk & Others (Large-scale Heroin trafficking N. Cyprus, Turkey and UK)
R v C (Large-scale shipment Cocaine from the Mexican Gulf)
PublicationsBeating Bribery and Corruption, Benefits and Compensation International (September 2011) [Detach PDF file above to read]