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9 Gough Chambers is delighted to announce the appointments of Eleanor Mawrey, Jennifer Newcomb and James Thacker to the A list of the Serious Fraud Office Panel
Chambers is delighted to announce that Eleanor Mawrey and Jennifer Newcomb have been appointed to the A list of the Serious Fraud Office junior counsel panel. James Thacker has been reappointed to the A list. Barristers on this list lead investigations and prosecutions of top-tier…
James Thacker and William Dean Secure First Ever Conviction for Knowingly Furnishing False Information in £2.7m Rural Development Grant Fraud
On 12 June 2020, two defendants were sentenced for their participation in a scheme to secure over £2.7m in Government grant aid under the Countryside Productivity Scheme. False quotations, in the names of genuine businesses, were supplied to the Rural Payments Agency at DEFRA in…
Thom Dyke secures acquittal in £0.5m fraud trial
Thom Dyke acted for the defendant, TG, in a complex fraud trial involving alleged losses of nearly half a million pounds.
Court of Appeal decision on Imposter Fraud
The Court of Appeal has today handed down judgment in the long-awaited conjoined appeals of P & P Property Ltd v Owen White & Catlin LLP and Dreamvar (UK) Ltd v Mishcon de Reya. It is not good news for conveyancing solicitors and their insurers….
James Thacker and Thom Dyke: £7½ million fraudsters sentenced to 33 years’ imprisonment
Fraudsters at the heart of a sophisticated global conspiracy to defraud over £7½ million have been given sentences totalling 33 years’ imprisonment.
James Thacker secures Confiscation Order in excess of £3.3million in ‘Britain’s largest Educational fraud’
‘Between January 2006 and October 2012 SK, who had worked his way up to the Accounts Manager, defrauded Haberdashers’ Aske’s Federation Trust of over £4million.
James Thacker and Thom Dyke: Convictions secured in £7½ million frauds
James Thacker and Thom Dyke secured convictions against four defendants for their role in a sophisticated global conspiracy to defraud over £7½ million.
Fraud allegations on appeals from county court – Mavris v Xylia
The Chancellor of the High Court, Sir Geoffrey Vos has given an important judgment dealing with how the High Court should deal with appeals from the County Court that are based on the ground of fraud. In Mavris v Xylia (1//11/17) it was common ground…
Fine Wine Fraudsters convicted
Following a four week trial at Southwark Crown Court, Thomas Hole was convicted of Conspiracy to Defraud. Ryan Fraser pleaded guilty prior to the trial commencing.
Eleanor Mawrey successfully prosecutes employee who faked cancer to defraud company
Eleanor Mawrey successfully prosecuted Elaine Lynch-Harwood who callously defrauded her employers over an 8 year period.
Fraud successfully prosecuted by James Thacker
Adeshola Dada was convicted of fraudulently accessing the servers remotely, logging in with other staff members’ credentials and altering bank account information.
Fighting fraud
Judgment in the case of Da Costa v Sargaco [2016] EWCA Civ 764 was handed down last week and represents the latest round of the struggle between claimants bringing claims for injury or damage arising out of road traffic accidents and defendant insurers alleging that…
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