Eleanor Mawrey

Eleanor is ranked in Chambers UK and the Legal 500 for financial crime reflecting the quality of this flourishing part of her practice both prosecuting and defending. She regularly prosecutes and defends in very high value cases; often where the defendant is a professional or other position of authority. Eleanor is a CPS Grade 4 fraud specialist prosecutor, on the Serious Fraud Office A panel. She is a Panel B Specialist Regulatory Counsel.

As a result of her work in this area, Eleanor also deals frequently with Proceeds of Crime Act [POCA] matters including confiscation and restraint matters. She regularly appears in high value applications for the detention of cash or freezing of assets/accounts. She also has considerable experience in ancillary orders following trial such as Director’s Disqualification and Serious Crime Prevention Orders.

Bribery & Corruption

• SFO v GPT, Cook & Mason (2024). Eleanor acted as junior counsel for the SFO in the recent high-profile prosecution of bribery and corruption case involving contracts to supply military telecoms equipment to the Saudi Arabian National Guard under a government to government arrangement run by the Ministry of Defence.

Fraud

• Operation Garter (2023-ongoing); Leading Francesca Kolar in this high value multi-handed Gift Aid Fraud committed against HMRC on behalf of ten churches.
• R v Odulele (2023) Leading Callum Morgan of 9KBW successfully prosecuted serial scammer who faked CEO’s signature and stole a doctor’s identity
• R v Major and Attra (2020) Successfully prosecuted this fraud on the Legal Aid Agency committed by a solicitor and a translator.
• R v Scrafton (2019) Successfully prosecuted this former solicitor who defrauded a charity for whom he acted as trustee.
• Das v Asplin (private prosecution 2017-8) Junior counsel for main Defendant who was the CEO of an insurance company.
• R v Afshar (2018) Prosecuting the Director and the accountant of company in relation to a substantial VAT fraud

FSMA Offences

• Operation S (2020-2022) advising the FCA in relation to breaches of FSMA, in particular in relation to the making of financial promotions.
• FCA v Bhandari (2017) Junior Counsel for the FCA in this investment fraud perpetrated by a number of individuals including a doctor.
• FCA v Richard Joseph, (2010-2013) a case in which she was instructed pre-charge and which attracted one of the highest sentences for insider dealing to date.