William Davis
Year of Call: 2003 BA (Oxon)
Affiliations: South Eastern Circuit
Appointments: Serious Fraud Office C Panel, Attorney General's C List of Prosecuting Counsel
Specialist Areas: General Crime, Serious Crime, Large Drugs Related Offences, Confiscation, Restraint & Asset Recovery Proceedings, Serious Fraud & White Collar Crime, Commercial Crime, Money Laundering, DTI Offences, Local Government Crime & Enforcement, Social Security Offences
Biography
William Davis is a busy and successful criminal practitioner with experience in all areas of serious crime. He has extensive experience, both alone and as a led junior, of Defence work with particular expertise in:
Drug Conspiracies
Money Laundering
Confiscation
He is also regularly instructed to prosecute by:
The Crown Prosecution Service
HM Revenue & Customs
The Department for Work and Pensions
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Westminster City Council
William has experience of international criminal law having been instructed as a legal assistant to the Defence team in the case of Prosecutor v Jean-Bosco Baraygwiza at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
In addition to crime William practices in prison law and has conducted cases before the Parole Board and in the Divisional Court.
CasesDRUGS
R v Fury (Junior Defence Counsel in conspiracy to launder the proceeds of drug trafficking by concealing assets during an earlier confiscation hearing)
R v Davies (Junior Defence Counsel in conspiracy to supply Class A drugs. Defendant extradited from Portugal following the conviction of alleged co-conspirators)
R v Smith (Junior Defence Counsel in conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs. Prosecution discontinued following defence submissions on disclosure and PII)
FRAUD & CONFISCATION PROCEEDINGS
R v Dawes (Junior Defence Counsel in £8m confiscation proceedings)
R v Lawrence (Junior Defence Counsel in £1.5m VAT and unit trust fraud)
R v Chan (Junior Defence Counsel in £1m confiscation proceedings against a defendant convicted of being knowingly concerned in facilitating the entry of asylum seekers into the UK)