Complex Crime and Serious Fraud

The Partnership is one of the few firms outside of London with recent experience of operating under a ‘Serious Fraud’  VHCC Legal Aid Contract.

The Partners and Solicitors within the Partnership have extensive experience in dealing with Complex Criminal Defence work including prosecutions by:

The Crown Prosecution Service
Her Majesties Revenue and Customs
National Crime Agency  and
the Serious Fraud Office.:

Cases of note:

HMRC –v- B
Operation Allweather 11
Supplying goods to Iran in breach of European and International‘Nuclear Non-Proliferation’ Agreements

Metropolitan Police –v- J
Operations Pinetree and Golding
Phone Hacking and Date Protection allegations.

HMRC/ SFO  –v- B
Operation ‘Euripus’
15 Prosecuted in one of the UK’s largest ever VAT “missing trader” frauds and “Proceeds of Crime’ proceedings.

R –v- D
Mortgage Fraud – acquittal

DSS–v- X x5
Defended 5 members of one family in one of the Uk’s largest benefit Fraud prosecutions.

R –v- S
Series of 5 prosecutions for alleged serial fraudster

R –v- H
Large multi-defendant drug smuggling and Proceeds of Crime prosecution at Liverpool Crown Court

R –v- I & H
Large Drug smuggling and Proceeds of Crime at Winchester Crown Court

R –v- D
People smuggling and Proceeds of Crime
Norwich Crown Court

HMRC –v-  HT
Vietnamese large scale Cannabis Cultivation and Proceeds of Crime

NCA –v- C x3
3 Clients interviewed regarding large scale ‘Carbon Credit’ Fraud.

R –v- X
Case involving Russian Extradition