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Welcome to the latest edition of the Crime & Fraud Briefing which focuses on the topical areas of anonymity in criminal proceedings and the new fraud strategy ‘Stopping Scams and Protecting the Public’ published by HM Government in May 2023 with articles…
Eleanor Mawrey, leading Callum Morgan (9KBW), successfully prosecuted Olamide Odulele following a trial at Inner London Crown Court. Mr Odulele received a 6 and a half year sentence of imprisonment. His co-defendant, Shazeb Iqbal had already received two and half years imprisonment…
Eleanor Mawrey has been elected a Master of the Bench by Gray’s Inn. Benchers are senior members of the Inn responsible for the Inn’s governance and education and training activities.
On 13th October 2021, Eleanor Mawrey and William Dean spoke on prosecutions for fraud and associated matters at a conference attended by investigators from DEFRA Investigation Services (DIS), who investigate suspected criminal offences on behalf of DEFRA’s executive agencies.Eleanor spoke about the…
Eleanor Mawrey successfully prosecuted Okwudili Chinze and Ahmed Otun for their role in a conspiracy to commit frauds targeted at small firms and charities. The frauds were committed by the sending of cloned emails purporting to be from a person in a…
Eleanor Mawrey secures conviction of a serial conman who tricked his girlfriend and others out of more than £100,000, by pretending he was a successful international businessman. He was found guilty of 22 counts of fraud at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 6th…
Eleanor Mawrey successfully prosecuted Elaine Lynch-Harwood who callously defrauded her employers over an 8 year period. Trusted with managing the company accounts, she abused that position by systematically transferring £191k into her own bank account rather than paying it into the company’s…
Eleanor Mawrey successfully prosecutes a £8.8m Money Laundering Regulations 2007 case on behalf of HMRC. Mr Nkiwane had been running a Money Service Business, under the trading name Iron Rod Enterprises in Luton, Beds. The business had transferred almost £8.8m to Zimbabwe…
Eleanor Mawrey has been re-elected to sit on the Bar Council for another 3 years following the recent elections. Eleanor falls into the category of Self-employed Juniors over seven years’ Call and sits on the Social Mobility and Equality and Diversity Committee.
