Practice Profile

Expertise in all areas of criminal practice with particular emphasis on serious and complex fraud (VAT, diversion, “Long Firm”, DSS, advanced fee), regulatory offences, drug trafficking, and fraud and drug related confiscation. Other recent work has included serious violence, armed robbery, all levels of drug crime and crimes of dishonesty, arson with intent, and particular experience with the Mental Heath Act 1983. Further experience includes prisoners’ rights, corners’ inquests and all applications under the Children Act 1989.

Legal issues related to recent cases have involved abuse of process, entrapment and covert surveillance, the law relating to indictments, disclosure, applications for dismissal and submission of no case to answer, fitness to plead and insanity, P.I.I., all areas of the law relating to identification, PACE and the Codes of Practice, the right to silence, and all related human rights issues.