Bryan Cox QC
Year of Call: 1979 Middle Temple
Year of Silk: 2006
Affiliations: CBA
Appointments: Attorney General’s List (2002), Recorder
Specialist Areas: Homicide, Serious Fraud & White Collar Crime, Regulatory & Compliance Work
BiographyA Queen’s Counsel since 2006, Mr Cox has an extensive portfolio in areas of speciality including:
Homicide
Serious Fraud
Regulatory Work
In recent years he has defended and prosecuted in a number of high profile HSE cases involving fatalities. He has also defended major companies in relation to large scale environmental incidents, and represented public bodies and professional clients at a number of high profile inquests (particularly those involving fatalities in the course of school trips).
RECOMMENDATIONS
Legal 500 2010-11: ".. is highly rated for serious crime"
Legal 500 2009-10: ".. is often chosen to lead occupational death and serious injury cases"
Legal 500 2008-09: ".. is outstanding in HSE cases"
Legal 500 2007-08: ".. joined by new silk ... previously mentioned as a star junior"
Legal 500 2006: "very very good"
Chambers & Partners 2010 (Crime): "...a great choice for homicide, fraud and money-laundering matters."
Chambers & Partners 2008 (Crime): ".. has a similar practice (murder and fraud) but leavens it with a good deal of health and safety work. He thrives because he never shirks the task, however weighty or seemingly hopeless it is"
Chambers & Partners 2007 : listed in "notable practitioners"; as "a new silk with a great track record as a junior";
CasesMURDER
R v M & R v U (Defended youngsters involved in “gang attacks” in which there were difficult issues of joint enterprise)
R v Newton (Defended man charged with murder of prostitute, complex scientific issues)
R v AM (Defended Somalian who had limited language charged with a contract killing)
R v Cook (Prosecuted teenager charged with murder of young child whilst baby-sitting)
R v Bonallie (Defended 18 year old charged murder arising from a group attack on a mentally handicapped victim)
R v Hardacre (Defended man charged with sexual abuse and drowning baby in bath)
R V Fitzpatrick (Young person charged with murder of sister’s boyfriend. Provocation by reason of boyfriend’s abuse of sister)
R v Beesley (Defended novel case in which prosecution sought to argue for unlawful act manslaughter where defendant had committed section 4 public order offence)
R v Daniel (Defended in high profile contract killing)
R v N (16 year old charged with murder of relative. Extremely damaged boy required careful handling)
R v R (Defended 14 year old charged with 3 counts of murder by setting fire to occupied house. Complex psychiatric issues)
FRAUD, MONEY LAUNDERING AND MAJOR DRUGS
Defended 2 solicitors charged with money laundering Defended in another major international laundering case.
Defended in large scale fraud concerning the evasion of VAT on ‘tied oils’.
Defended in large scale commercial fraud.
Defended in conspiracy trial concerning the importation and supply of class A drugs. These were cases which involved issues concerning surveillance techniques, PII and the compatibility of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 with the ECHR. One of these cases was H v C [2004] AC 132, the leading case on disclosure/PII.
Defended in first General Election fraud in UK
HEALTH & SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
Wide experience prosecuting and defending cases arising from fatalities in quarries, train derailments, by electrocution. Before taking silk, whilst on the Attorney Generals “A” list, reguarly prosecuted high profile health and Safety cases. Both as a junior and in silk has defended public bodies and commercial organisations in relation to health and Safety prosecutions.
Experience of river pollution prosecutions brought by the Environmmental Agency. Recently instructed to represent a major international company in relation to a prosecution arising from a massive acid spillage.
INQUEST LAW
Experience of inquests. In recent years has represented teachers at high profile inquests concerning deaths of school pupils in the course of outdoor activities and school trips. Has a particular interest in drowning cases, having appeared in a
number of cases arising from drowning in pools and in the course of school trips/outdoor activities. Has represented public bodies at high profile inquests.