Patricia Londono

Patricia has prosecuted and defended in both the Magistrates’ Court and the Crown Court across a broad spectrum of offences as well as in extradition proceedings.

In recent years, her criminal work has focused more on fraud and business crime. She is experienced disclosure counsel and has acted in a number of high-profile, long-running frauds instructed by the SFO, ORR and the police. She has also acted as LPP counsel for the SFO. More recently, she has undertaken work for the Insolvency Service.

Patricia is particularly well-suited to complex and/or intricate, document-heavy work. She is also accustomed to working as part of a large team. She has been instructed in cases involving professional discipline.

Notable Crime and Regulatory cases

• R v J (2023)
  

  Instructed by the Health and Safety Executive in a matter under s33 of the Health and Safety at Work Act as a result of the failure to effectively manage the risks of wood dust to employees.

• R v H (2022)
  

  Instructed by the Insolvency Service in a matter under s68 of the Companies Act 2006.

• R v A (2022)
  

  Instructed by the Insolvency Service in a matter under s360 of the Insolvency Act 1986.

• BSB v D (2021)
  

  Instructed by the Bar Standards Board in a matter before The Bar Tribunals and Adjudication Service

• R v J and Others (2019)
  

  Led junior instructed by the CPS in multi-handed money laundering case.

• R v LM (2019)
  

  Advising on post-conviction reporting restrictions.

• R v JB (2014-2018)
  

  Led junior acting pro bono in prospective application to the CCRC in complex high-profile historic domestic murder.

• Latvia v R (2018)
  

  Acting for Judicial Authority in extradition case involving allegations of fraud, raising issues in relation to passage of time, fugitive status and Article 8 ECHR.

• Latvia v M (2018)
  

  Acting for Judicial Authority in extradition case involving allegations concerning the smuggling of firearms into the UK, raising issues in relation to forum, dual criminality and passage of time.

• R v W and Others (2016)
  

  Disclosure counsel instructed by the Office of Rail and Road in relation to a prosecution brought under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 arising from a death at work.

• R v A and Others (2016)
  

  SFO Disclosure counsel in a high-profile 6-handed £5m conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation in the provision of football training schemes.

• R v M and Others (Operation Hornet) (Feb 2015 - July 2016)
  

  Disclosure counsel instructed by Thames Valley Police in widely publicised 10-handed £250m fraudulent trading and corruption case involving employees of HBOS and members of the business community.

• R v G and L (2015)
  

  Represented one of two defendants (first on indictment) charged with numerous offences under the Consumer (Protection from Unfair Trading) Regulations 2008.

• R v O (2015) (Court of Appeal, Criminal Division)
  

  Successful appeal against sentence in case involving threats to kill

• R v LMB (2015) (Woolwich Crown Court)
  

  Successful appeal against conviction in a case involving domestic assault.

• R v APL and others (2015) (Winchester Crown Court)
  

  Represented a company and its directors in confiscation proceedings arising from offences committed under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

• R v CA (Inner London Crown Court) 2015
  

  Prosecuting offences under s 1 of the Fraud Act 2006 in relation to several counts of benefit fraud.

• R v BL and AL (Yeovil Magistrates’ Court) 2015
  

  Prosecuting in a case concerning offences under s 360 (1) (b) and 350 (6) of the Insolvency Act 1986 (failing to disclose bankruptcy for the purpose of obtaining credit or engaging in business).

• R v M (2014)
  

  Successfully prosecuted defendant accused of three counts of Fraud by False Representation where the Complainant had significant learning difficulties.

• R v H (2014)
  

  Successfully defended mother accused of failing to notify a change in circumstances in relation to Carers’ Allowance.