Notable Cases
Organised Crime
R v P [2019] | Canterbury Crown Court – Leading Junior in Albanian OCG case;
R v G [2019] | Hove Crown Court – Large scale drugs case spanning years with a mass of WhatsApp material;
R v G [2018] | Southwark Crown Court – Leading Junior in multi kilo cocaine importation from Belgium by helicopter acquitted despite being arrested with 20 kilos;
R v V [2018] | Snaresbrook Crown Court – Automatic weapons sales by Lithuanians to English OCG;
R v ZA [2018] | Snaresbrook Crown Court – Gang-related firearms charges for a defendant with previous firearms convictions. Acquitted;
R v B [2017] | Kingston Crown Court – Multiple firearms case linked by DNA to gang-related drug dealing;
Serious Crime
R v O [2018] | Southwark Crown Court – Defending a Turkish national caught with £1million in cash at Heathrow said to be political funding. Acquitted;
R v S [2018] | Kingston Crown Court – Represented security driver in a cash in transit theft of £7 million;
R v P [2017] | Inner London Crown Court – Represented defendant charged with sophisticated computer campaign against a senior member of the bar;
R v B [2017] | Wood Green Crown Court – Represented Turkish “enforcer” for organized loan-shark operation. Crown failed to make adequate disclosure and case dropped;
R v N | Central Criminal Court – Leading junior representing a defendant in Heathrow hijacking case. Acquitted and subsequently represented him in the High Court where he received record damages for malicious prosecution;
R v S [2015] | Harrow Crown Court – Leading junior in-car ringing case where evidence was taken in a Cypriot Court as part of Crown Court proceedings for the first time;
Fraud and Financial Crime
R v M [2018] | Southwark Crown Court – Alleged forged will of film starlet generated significant press coverage;
R v F [2017] | Southwark Crown Court – Leading Junior in multi-million misselling fraud;
R v M | Southwark Crown Court – Represented ex-solicitor accused of fraud at an ex-prisoners charity the only defendant acquitted of fraud;
R v BC | Snaresbrook Crown Court – The largest international e-bay fraud with counterfeit items made to order in China and sold throughout Asia and Australia as well as Europe;
R v S | Basildon Crown Court – Leading junior on £7million money laundering Crown forced to drop the case and led to the overturning of a number of convictions where bureau de change had been used as informants;
R v R | Southwark Crown Court – Leading junior for a defendant charged with £40million money laundering and fraud. Acquitted;
R v R | Harrow Crown Court – £1 billion money laundering by Iranian private banker. Acquitted;
Excise Fraud
R v W [2019] | Leeds Crown Court – multi-million duty evasion in the North involving counterfeit cigarettes and hand-rolling tobacco. The only defendant acquitted;
R v L [2018] | Maidstone Crown Court – multi-million duty evasion following months of observations. Acquitted;
R v C | CACD – Leading case in confiscation in duty cases. Won in the Court of Appeal and case led to a large scale review of many cases and the quashing of confiscation orders;
R v D | CACD – Leading case on European legislation in this field confiscation orders quashed;
Appeals and CCRC
R v S – This is still the leading case on drugs conspiracies;
R v D – This is still the leading case on pre-trial publicity and rehearsing witnesses.
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