Practice Profile

Financial Fraud

The expertise gained in the world of finance and business informs a number of areas: in particular in banking, mortgage and benefit fraud. His experience includes:
R v Jones, prosecuting a £100,000 fraud on a leading bank.

R v Hobbs, defending an allegation of obtaining by deception £500,000 from a High St Bank.
R v Mereacre, defending a member of gang based in Eastern Europe accused of stealing more than £100,000 from bank accounts in the UK in a card cloning fraud.

R v Swain, defending allegation of fraudulent withdrawal of £20,000 from bank account of national UK church.

R v Mahmood, Appeal against sentence for credit card fraud reduced from 14 months to 6 months success by Court of Appeal

Young Offenders

Tyrone has worked with the Hackney Youth Offending Team as a volunteer panel member for 6 years, the aim being to work with young offenders who want to rehabilitate. His experience with the panel has equipped him well for relating to and defending young offenders, particularly young men. Tyrone therefore has broad experience in defending young people charged with both drugs and violent offences, including Supply of Class A drugs and s18 wounding.

R v Osbourne. Successful Judicial Review of decision to refuse bail to a Defendant charged with murder.

Sexual offences

Tyrone is frequently instructed to defend in cases involving sexual offences.

His successes include defending an allegation of Engaging in a Sexual Activity in the Presence of a Child (section 11(1) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in which he made a successful application of no case to answer. R v Fogg

His experience has led him to be instructed to review convictions and sentencing and advise on appeal in sexual cases.

In a recent appeal of sentence for offences of Sexual Activity with a Child Family Member c. s 25 (1) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 the original sentence of 4 years and 6 months was reduced to 2 years 3 months. R v Mitchell

Prosecution

Tyrone was a 12 month pupil at 6 King’s Bench Walk (Roy Amlot QC) and a 3rd six pupil at 2 Hare Court (David Waters QC) where he enjoyed the highest quality training. Tyrone is particularly fortunate to have benefited from the excellent in-house advocacy training at 6KBW and the stewardship of pupil masters Simon Denison and Sarah Whitehouse. Time at these highly regarded prosecution sets allowed Tyrone the opportunity to build a solid prosecution practice. He now has considerable experience having prosecuted a wide variety of offences on behalf of the CPS, London Transport, London Probation Service, Local Authorities (prosecuting breaches of trading standards, and health and safety), and the Civil Aviation Authority.

Other areas of interest

When at 6KBW Tyrone was introduced to extradition law during training sessions run by Adina Ezekeil and David Perry QC.

Tyrone’s extra-curricular activities include his role as Treasurer of Asylum Aid, an independent, national charity working to secure protection for people seeking refuge in the United Kingdom from persecution and human rights abuses abroad. The charity aims to do this by providing free, accessible, high-quality legal services to asylum-seekers.