Barristers

Cases of Interest

R v N and others, (2011 – 2012). Defence Counsel instructed alone up to trial and then led, representing the first Defendant of three in a complex case concerning allegations of Conspiracy to Assist Unlawful Immigration and as originally alleged, multi-million pound money laundering. This case arose from the largest U.K.B.A and joint Police operation in 2010. Not guilty verdicts were entered on all counts after no evidence was offered, following successful applications made on behalf of the first Defendant to resist the admission of hearsay and to exclude evidence.
 

R v K and others, 2011 – 2012.  Prosecution Counsel (being led and acting in her own right), instructed by the Central Fraud Group of the Crown Prosecution Service and the E-Crime Division of the Metropolitan Police, of fourteen defendants in a multi-million pound online banking fraud and connected offences of Conspiracy to Cheat the Public Revenue by way of Self- Assessment Tax Fraud, money laundering and being in Possession of False Identity Documents with Intent. The substantive allegation concerned a sophisticated, highly organised online fraud that attacked the UK banking industry and the online bank accounts of customers of those financial institutions.  

R v W and others, 2011. Junior Prosecution Counsel in a complex multi-handed international drug trafficking case.

R v K and another, 2010.  Defence Counsel instructed in a trial concerning allegations of Controlling Prostitution, Witness Intimidation, Blackmail and Being in Possession of a Firearm. The case concerned allegations that the defendants were variously involved in blackmailing and robbing two women who worked as prostitutes in central London.

R v B and others, 2010. Junior Defence Counsel instructed in the multi-handed Heathrow Airport Menzies case.

R v H, 2010.  Prosecution Counsel in a trial concerning multiple allegations of sexual assault of a child by an after school care worker of a pupil in his care.

R v W, W & G, 2010.  Prosecution Counsel instructed by the Fraud Prosecution Service, in a multi-handed application under Section 23 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, concerning bankruptcy and certificates of inadequacy.

R v. O, 2010. Counsel instructed to prosecute on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, in a case at the Central Criminal Court concerning an allegation under the Insolvency Act 1986.

R v. M, 2009. Junior Defence Counsel to Queen's Counsel instructed in a trial concerning multiple offences of historic sexual abuse of the Defendant's step-daughter between twenty-five and fourteen years prior to the allegation.

R v. S and others, 2009. Junior Prosecution Counsel, instructed by the Revenue Customs and Prosecutions Office, in a multi-handed direct tax fraud trial, involving allegations of Cheating the Public Revenue of PAYE, National Insurance and VAT. This concerned the manipulation of trading and accounts of companies involved in the supply of labour to the construction industry.

R v. N, 2009. Junior Defence Counsel to Queen's Counsel instructed in a complex, thirty count, multi-complainant trial involving historic allegations of familial rape and sexual abuse over a period of forty years.

R v. B and others, 2009. Defence Counsel instructed in a multi-handed case involving allegations of conspiracy to burgle.

R v. C and C, 2008. Junior to Queen's Counsel instructed in the defence of a complex Corporation Tax fraud, alleged to have taken place over a six-year period. This case, which was prosecuted by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, involved the instruction of an expert forensic accountant and detailed analysis of voluminous unused material of a financial nature.

R v. C, 2008. Defence Counsel in a trial concerning an allegation of sexual assault made by the defendant's step-granddaughter.

R v. T, 2008. Prosecution Counsel, instructed by Westminster City Council, in an intellectual property crime trial, concerning trademark offences.

R v. C, 2008. Defence Counsel in a trial concerning an allegation of the sexual assault of a teenage girl by the defendant at a public swimming pool.

R v. W, 2007. Defence Counsel in a trial of allegations of rape and an allegation of sexual assault of the Defendant's partner, involving legal argument on the complainant's sexual history and the evidential presumptions.

R v. W and others, 2007. Junior Defence Counsel instructed in a multi-handed intellectual property crime trial, representing the first Defendant, a Director of a large market operator in a test case, for trademark, copyright and money laundering offences. Evidence in support of the Prosecution was heard from witnesses from the British Phonographic Industry and the Federation Against Copyright Theft.

R v. K, 2007. Junior Defence Counsel in a sexual assault and public nuisance trial involving multiple adult and child complainants.
 
R v. N and others, 2006. Junior Prosecution Counsel in a multi-handed cannabis cultivation trial.

R v B and others, 2005. Junior Defence Counsel representing the third defendant in  a seven-handed conspiracy to rob trial heard at the Central Criminal Court. This case involved complex telephone material, surveillance evidence and testimony from a witness who gave Queen's evidence.

R v. T and others, 2004. Junior Prosecution Counsel in a multi-handed conspiracy to rob trial involving robberies of cash-in-transit vehicles.

R v. S and others, 2004. Junior Defence Counsel to Queen's Counsel in the £2.9 million Cheney Pension Fund divestment fraud, prosecuted by the Serious Fraud Office.

R v. B, 2004. Defence Counsel instructed to represent a fourteen-year-old boy tried for allegations of indecency with a child and indecent assault, where the complainant was a three-year-old relative.

R v. H, 2003. Junior Defence Counsel in a "one punch" manslaughter trial.