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, Serious Violence (including Homicide) and Firearms Cases.

Cases

Firearms

Johnson and others [2007]
Allegation of gang-warfare involving the discharge of firearms in Central Manchester at busy public event.

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

Willett and another [2008]
Junior Counsel in case involving the murder (by running over the victim) during a theft (featured on CrimeWatch). Central Criminal Court.

Stanislawski and others [2007]
Leading Junior Counsel for defendant originally charged with murder said to be as a result of a “drunken brawl”. Central Criminal Court.

Flavius and others [2006]
Junior counsel for first defendant in multi-handed case involving serious gang violence and murder. Central Criminal Court.

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

Tottle and others [2008]
Leading Junior counsel in three month VHCC case. Allegation of money laundering of proceeds of drug dealing over several years.

Yusoof and others [2007]
Leading Junior counsel for first defendant in large-scale operation resulting from illegal activity said to be a source of terrorist funding.

Fowler and others [2006]
Money laundering allegation relating to large scale drug dealing, said to be the largest prosecuted in the North of England.

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

Ball and others [2008]
Case involving the supplying and distribution of class A and B drugs throughout England.

Collinson and others [2007/2008].
Leading Junior counsel in multi handed case involving the large scale distribution of Class A and C drugs.

Richardson and others [2007]
Junior counsel for first Defendant in allegation of multi-million pound drug conspiracy involving a Columbian ‘super-grass’.

Albarracin and others [2006 – 2008]
Leading Junior Counsel in for “minder” in UK in large scale Columbian drug importation.

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

Sexual Offences

Represented a number of Defendants facing rape allegations [2003 to present]. Issues ranging from consent to complete denial of intercourse. Of particular note: a case alleging a number of rapes by a youth (when he was aged between 11 and 14) of a victim (under the age of 11); and a matter where the Defendant was a well known “pop star”.

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

Smith and Others [2006/2007]
Junior counsel for first defendant in complex, multi million pound SFO prosecution, resulting in largest confiscation order made to date (tens of millions).

Glaves and Others [2006]
Case involving the fraudulent claim for, and disposal of, waste.

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.

Serious Violence

Wang and Others [2008].
Leading Junior counsel in case alleging ‘triad’ kidnap, torture and extortion.

Ogidi and Others [2007].
Case involving armed robbery where it was alleged that firearms were discharged and hostages taken.

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.

Currently Instructed
Currently instructed in cases alleging large scale (VHCC) Fraud (VAT), multi-handed diesel fraud, murder and as Leading Junior Counsel in brothel/money laundering matter.