Practice Profile

Practicing mainly in England, he has extensive experience of a broad range of crime. More recently, he has tended to specialise as both Junior and Leading Junior Counsel in serious fraud (including VAT and White Collar), Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering and Firearms Cases.

Cases

Firearms

Hassell and Others [2006]
Central Criminal Court. Allegations concerned a number of armed robberies of banks/building societies across Essex. Attempted Murder of bystander.

Homicide

Prince and Others [2000]
Junior counsel in multi-handed murder in Kingston Upon Thames. Central Criminal Court.

Dowrich and Others [2002]
Junior counsel in multi-handed murder arising out of gang culture. Central Criminal Court.

Money Laundering

Dominguez and Others [2004/2005]
Junior Counsel for main Defendant in large scale money laundering case. Laundering the proceeds of the largest class A drugs ring (originating in Columbia) on record. Southwark Crown Court

Drug Trafficking

Burr and Others [2005]
Leading Counsel for one of the main defendants in a cocaine importation conspiracy, valued at £1 million plus.

Sexual Offences

Romig and Others [2003]
Allegations concerned a nationwide paedophile ring which gave rise to the sentencing authority of R v Baldwin [2002] EWCA Crim 2766

Fraud

Gibson and Gibson [2004/2005]
Leading Counsel in mortgage fraud valued at £2 million plus

McCarthy’s Food [2003]
Junior Counsel. Fraud concerned the collapse of a well-known prepared food manufacturer, and further fraud upon creditors and the Official Receiver.

Other

Of particular note, two cases involving allegations of Perverting the Course of Justice. One client a court usher accused of Jury tampering, the other a practising solicitor accused of attempting to influence a client to divert an ongoing police investigation.