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Thomas Buxton
Year of Call: 1983 LLB (Nottingham)
Languages: Fluent Spanish
Affiliations: Criminal Bar Association, South Eastern Circuit
Specialist Areas: General Crime,
Serious Crime,
Homicide,
Serious Violent Offences,
Firearms,
Large Drugs Related Offences,
Sexual Offences,
Confiscation, Restraint & Asset Recovery Proceedings,
Serious Fraud & White Collar Crime,
MTIC Fraud ,
Money Laundering,
DTI Offences,
Regulatory & Compliance Work,
Police Disciplinary Tribunals,
Public Enquiries
Practice Profile
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Practice Profile
An exclusively criminal practitioner who both prosecutes and defends, providing specialist advice and advocacy at all stages of criminal, disciplinary and confiscation proceedings.
Main Areas of Practice: fraud/regulatory investigation and prosecutions; commercial fraud cases, and associated areas such as asset restraint, forfeiture and recovery proceedings; money laundering; controlled drugs, VAT fraud, murder/manslaughter; child cruelty and sexual abuse.
He has more recently been specialising in fraud work, both prosecuting for the Serious Fraud Office, and defending in serious and complex cases, regularly as leading junior.
He served for three years on the Professional Conduct Committee of the Bar Council, and previously as a member of the Panel of Prosecuting Advocates for the Bar Council.
Gray’s Inn Advocacy Trainer since 2003.