Criminal Defence

Millennium Chambers provides strategic, high-level representation across the full spectrum of criminal law. Our barristers are regularly instructed in serious, complex, and high-profile cases at every level of the criminal justice system, from pre-charge advice to appeals before the Supreme Court.

We act in matters involving:

  • Serious Violence — murder, manslaughter, organised violence, firearms offences and robbery
  • Sexual Offences — rape, sexual assault, exploitation, indecent images and online offences
  • Fraud & Financial Crime — fraud, money laundering, bribery, corruption, tax evasion and POCA proceedings
  • Serious Organised Crime — drug trafficking, conspiracy, human trafficking and organised immigration crime
  • Cyber & Technology Crime — hacking, online fraud, cyberstalking, coercive control and dark web offences
  • Regulatory & Corporate Crime — sanctions, market abuse, anti-competition, environmental and financial offences
  • Public Order & Terrorism — terrorism, riots, violent disorder and offences against the state
  • Domestic Abuse — coercive and controlling behaviour, harassment and violence within intimate relationships
  • Driving & Road Traffic Offences — all motoring and driving-related matters
  • Restraint & Civil Recovery — asset freezing, confiscation, unexplained wealth orders and civil recovery proceedings

Our counsel combines exceptional advocacy with meticulous preparation, delivering decisive representation in the most demanding criminal cases nationwide.

White-Collar Crimes:

  • Fraud and Corporate Crime: Misrepresentation or deceit in business
  • Money Laundering: Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA); concealing the origins of illegally obtained money
  • False accounting
  • Tax evasion
  • Market abuse: Insider Trading; Illegal securities trading based on non-public information
  • Ponzi schemes
  • Bribery and Corruption
  • Sanctions
  • Anti-competition

Conspiracy and Serious Organised Crime:

  • Firearms offences, including supply and possession of illegal firearms
  • Internet crime
  • Conspiracy to Money launder
  • Excise and tax fraud (including oils fraud)
  • Intellectual property crime (including counterfeit goods)
  • Armed robbery and cash-in-transit attacks
  • Conspiracy to Supply and Import Class A drugs
  • Counterfeit currency
  • Human trafficking
  • Organised immigration crime
  • Environmental crime

Crimes Against the Person:

  • Murder (homicide), manslaughter, infanticide
  • Common assault and Battery: Physical harm or threat of harm, harassment, offensive weapon, wounding/ABH/GBH
  • Sexual Offences: Rape, sexual assault, assault by penetration, sexual exploitation, child sex abuse and trafficking, extreme pornography, disclosing private sexual images without consent (‘revenge pornography’), indecent images of children
  • Human trafficking: Modern slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour
  • Kidnap: False imprisonment, child abduction

Crimes Against the State:

  • Terrorism: Acts of violence to instil fear for political purposes

Crimes Against Morality and Decency:

  • Prostitution: Engaging in sexual activities for money
  • Obscenity: Distribution of sexually explicit material
  • Public Indecency: Lewd behaviour in public spaces

Crimes Against Property:

  • Embezzlement fraud: Deception for personal gain
  • Aggravated Burglary
  • Arson or arson with intent to endanger life
  • Burglary: Unlawful entry with intent to commit a crime
  • Theft: Shoplifting, stealing, robbery

Crimes Against Public Order:

  • Disorderly Conduct: Disturbance of public peace
  • Rioting: Participation in violent public disturbances
  • Unlawful Assembly: Gathering with intent to disturb public peace

Crimes Against the Administration of Justice:

  • Perjury: Lying under oath
  • Obstruction of Justice: Interfering with legal processes
  • Contempt of Court: Disrespect or disobedience towards the court

Cyber Crime:

  • Computer Misuse Act
  • Fraud
  • False accounts
  • Coercion and Control

Cyber-Enabled Crimes: These are not dependent on computers or networks but are transformed in scale or form using the internet and communications technology.

  • Economic related cybercrime, including:
    • Fraud
    • Intellectual property crime – piracy, counterfeiting and forgery
  • Online marketplaces for illegal items.
  • Malicious and offensive communications, including:
  • Communications sent via social media or other electronic means.
  • Cyberbullying/trolling.
  • Virtual mobbing.
  • Offences that specifically target individuals, including cyber-enabled violence against women and girls (‘VAWG’):
    • Disclosing private sexual images without consent
    • Cyberstalking and harassment
    • Coercion and control
  • Child sexual offences and indecent images of children, including:
    • Child sexual abuse
    • Online grooming
    • Prohibited and indecent images of children
  • Extreme pornography, obscene publications and prohibited images

Dark Web Offences: The dark web comprises internet sites and content intentionally hidden and inaccessible through standard web browsers. The dark web facilitates criminal activity across a wide range of threats. It can be used to create so-called “safe spaces” for conspiring to commit offences, such as child sexual exploitation or the sale and purchase of illegal items (such as drugs or firearms).

Domestic Violence: Abuse or violence within familial or intimate relationships.

Drug Offences:

  • Trafficking
  • Supply and distribution of illegal substances
  • Importation
  • Possession

Economic Related Cybercrime: Criminal activities conducted through digital means.

  • Electronic financial fraud
  • Fraudulent sales through online auctions or retail sites
  • Mass-marketing fraud and consumer scams

Environmental Crimes: Violations of laws protecting the environment.

Firearms Offences:

  • Importation of Firearms
  • Possession of Firearms and shotguns without a certificate
  • Manufacture, sale, transfer of firearms, conversion
  • Possession of articles for conversion of imitation firearms
  • Possession of prohibited weapons
  • Criminal use of firearms, acquisition and possession of firearms and air weapons by children and young people

Fraud:

  • Art and Antique Fraud
  • Benefit Fraud
  • Credit Card Fraud
  • Investment Fraud
  • Mail and Wire Fraud
  • Money Laundering
  • Mortgage Fraud

Hate Crimes: Criminal acts motivated by bias or prejudice against a particular group.

  • Racist and Religious hate crime
  • Homophobic crime
  • Antisemitic crime
  • Islamophobic crime

Restraint & Civil Recovery:

  • Corporate and Commercial Fraud
  • Financial Services Regulation
  • Bribery & Corruption
  • Money Laundering & Proceeds of Crime, including high-yield investment fraud
  • Tax & Insolvency offences, including EU duty fraud
  • Public and Charity Sector Fraud
  • International Sanctions
  • Unexplained Wealth Orders

Traffic Offences: All driving offences. Violations of traffic laws and regulations.

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