Martin Goudie
Year of Call: 1996 LLB (Exeter)
Affiliations: International Bar Association, South Eastern Circuit, Justice, Public Access Bar Assn
Appointments: Attorney General’s Panel of Special Advocates Dealing with National Security Cases
Specialist Areas: General Crime, Serious Crime, Homicide, Serious Violent Offences, Firearms, Large Drugs Related Offences, Terrorism, Special Advocate/Counsel work, Sexual Offences, Confiscation, Restraint & Asset Recovery Proceedings, Serious Fraud & White Collar Crime, MTIC Fraud , Commercial Crime, Money Laundering, Social Security Offences, Regulatory & Compliance Work, Health & Safety, Police Disciplinary Tribunals, Corner’s Inquests, Courts Martial, Appellate Work
BiographyRecommended in Chambers UK 2012 (Crime - Leaders at the Bar)
Mr Goudie is a criminal practitioner who undertakes the full scope of work defending and prosecuting in equal measure. He has extensive experience of:
Grave Crime
Financial Crime
Courts Martial
Coroners Courts
Disciplinary Hearings
Martin has earned a reputation for efficient and effective trial preparation, management and presentation linked to key tactical decision making. Frequently instructed to provide advice prior to a charging decision having being made.
Regularly instructed by private firms of solicitors, the Treasury Solicitor, the Crown Prosecution Service, including the Special Casework Unit, the Civil Aviation Authority and Bar Standards Board, Martin has developed significant case experience in several complex areas.
Pegasus Scholar to New Zealand 1999
Martin has recently been appointed a Grade 4 Prosecutor.
INTERESTS
Martin has a keen interest in sport and is currently on the Executive Committee of London Scottish (Rugby) Football Club.
Martin is also a member of The Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Institute for International Affairs.
CasesRECENT SPECIAL ADVOCATE CASES
ZZ v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 440 (Junior Special Advocate, issues included – Immigration [European Economic Area] Regulations 2006; Restrictions on Free movement; Expulsions from UK on grounds of National Security; Standard of Proof; Article 6)
Secretary of State for Home Department v Y [2010] A.C.D. 89. (Junior Special Advocate, non-derogating control order, issues included - abuse of process arising out of previous acquittal in criminal proceedings and reliance on evidence not used in such proceedings - transatlantic airline plot)
SS v Secretary of State for the Home Department [30-Jul-2010] Special Immigration Appeals Commission – SC/56/2009 (Junior Special Advocate – definition of terrorism in domestic, EU and International law when considering a claim that SS should not be granted asylum – Article 1(F)(c) UN Refugee Convention)
R (Binyam Mohamed) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [2011] Q.B. 218 (Junior Special Advocate – Relationship between the executive and the judiciary in the context of national security, torture and CIDT in the age of terrorism and the interests of open justice in a democratic society)
R (Shaker Aamer) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [2010] A.C.D. 25 (Junior Special Advocate – Application by a British resident detained in Guantanamo Bay for disclosure of documents held by UK Government under the Norwich Pharmical principals as a result of allegations of torture/CIDT)
Clive Roberts v Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust [2008] EWHC 1934 QB (Acted as Special Advocate on an application by Mr. Roberts for disclosure under the Data Protection Act 1998 of a Psychological Report written on him by an employee of the NHS Trust for use by him at a Mental Health Review Tribunal Hearing. Mr. Roberts had been detained under sections 37 and 41 of the Mental Health Act 1983 since October 1989)
FRAUD & MONEY LAUNDERING
R - v - L and others (Defence Counsel for L in prosecution by Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Indictment quashed following submissions that only the High Court had the jurisdiction to deal with the main offending alleged, proceedings in the High Court had been stopped in 2009 six weeks before arrests were made.)
Operation Storm (Junior Counsel for one of the Defendants in an alleged multi-national 'boiler room' fraud investigated by the City of London Police. No Defendant was convicted of fraud however a number fell to be sentenced for breaches of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000)
R v Iqbal & Others (Instructed as Junior Counsel for the Defence in a long running and large scale ILA fraud. Significant disclosure issues arose out of the role of the Department for Education and Skills in this matter, the legal advice they had received and the findings of a House of Commons Committee into the collapse of the ILA scheme)
R v Kurshid Faruq & Others (Instructed as Junior Counsel for Khurshid Faruq. Mrs Faruq and her family were involved in the circumventing of the immigration laws by assisting members of their family to claim incorrectly that they were from war torn areas of Afghanistan or Pakistan so that they could then claim asylum and related benefits on arrival in the UK. The Crown sought confiscation orders in excess of £24m)
MURDER & ATTEMPTED MURDER
R v Yassin-Noor & Others (Junior counsel for the Crown in the prosecution of seven members of the Ferrier Gang for the attempted murder of a university student who had confronted the gang after his brothers had been robbed by the gang on two separate occasions)
R v Christopher Kendrick (Instructed to prosecute Mr. Kendrick on three separate indictments for attempted murder, wounding with intent and robbery. All were committed within two months of him being released from a previous sentence. The attempted murder was complicated by the fact that the victim could remember little, had a history of drug abuse and had a significant amount of previous convictions for dishonesty and violence)
R v Roger Vincent & Others (Instructed as junior counsel for Roger Vincent. A huge investigation commenced following the murder of a notorious gangster in Hertfordshire with an AK-47, the first time one was used in the mainland United Kingdom. The investigation gave rise to a lengthy trial where Roger Vincent was alleged to be the gunman. The trial was complicated by the Crown’s wish to place Mr. Vincent’s previous acquittals for murder before the jury. Various individuals in a number of countries are still being sought by the police)
SEXUAL OFFENCES
R v S (Defence Counsel in respect of allegations of historical sexual abuse including rape and buggery, stretching back twenty years, against the third eldest child in a family by one of his brothers and two of his sisters)
R v Moulson & Others (Instructed to prosecute four Defendants for blackmail and sexual offending against a mother and her two daughters. The victims were conditioned to live in a climate of fear, follow orders, assault each other, hand over the majority of their money and have their wages paid into a Defendant's bank account. As part of the offending the mother and one of her daughters were forced to perform sexual acts on each other)
R v Glen Cornwall & Others (Instructed as Junior Counsel for Glen Cornwall. Mr. Cornwall was arrested after his girlfriend alleged that he had falsely imprisoned her for nearly two weeks. During this time she said he kept her naked in a wicker basket, raped her and physically assaulted her on numerous occasions. The case was complicated by the fact that Mr. Cornwall’s previous two girlfriends had made similar allegations against him, but these allegations had not lead to convictions)
OTHER
R - v - NW [2010] 2. Cr. App. R. 8 - Definition of term 'present together' in violent disorder.
R v H Hyland & Others (Leading Counsel for the Defence in relation to lengthy allegations of the international supply of controlled drugs, money laundering and perverting the course of justice)
R v Anwar Ibrahim & Others (Instructed as Junior Counsel for the Crown. This case followed an eighteen-month investigation into carjacking, car ringing, theft and insurance fraud by a number of individuals in Ilford. The case involved close liaison with the fraud investigation departments of a number of large insurance companies and has lead to them changing their procedures for the investigation of such matters)
R v Darshan Gill & Others (Instructed as Junior Counsel for Darshan Gill. Mr. Gill was part of a group accused of organizing fake marriages on a large scale. Vulnerable women would be married to Indian males so that they could gain the right to remain in the United Kingdom. If the women tried to back out they were threatened with rape and left in India without their passports or any means to survive)
R v Glynn Atkinson & Others (Instructed as Junior Counsel for Glynn Atkinson. This case related to a large number of serious post office robberies in which a gang held rural post office owners and their families at gun point, gagged and bound overnight whilst waiting for time locks on safes to be released. There were substantial issues of disclosure as a rival gang had been convicted and escaped from custody to then commit similar attacks around the North of England during the period of the allegations against Mr. Atkinson)