The areas of work in which we have particular expertise, experience and excellence.
Our talented team of criminal barristers are well regarded, successful, professional and approachable with members at all levels of seniority both prosecuting and defending across the whole spectrum of criminal law.
Our experience prosecuting affords us a perspective which can help our defence clients from whom we accept instructions funded privately, through insurers, and legal aid.
We have an experienced team that includes Senior Treasury Counsel and King’s Counsel, leading and junior counsel, many of whom are ranked in Chambers and Partners and Legal 500. Silks in chambers are appointed to sit as Recorders and past members have been elevated to judicial posts.
More junior members bring experience of other practice areas to their criminal advocacy. This combination of breadth of practice and depth of experience enables us to provide a service to our clients which we consider cannot be matched by more traditional criminal sets.
The team is clerked by David Landa and Lauren Carter, who between them have a wealth of experience, and are highly regarded. They are efficient, professional and approachable and are able to assist you in choosing the right barrister for your case and ensuring smooth diary management, liaising with you and the courts as the case proceeds.
We regularly appear in high profile, sensitive and difficult cases. Some notable cases that members have been involved in include:
All of our members are CPS Panel Advocates, whilst many of our members are on more specialist lists; the CPS Rape and Serious Sexual Offences Panel, the Serious Crime Group Panel, the Counter Terrorism Panel and the Extradition Panel.
Whilst most of our work is in the Crown Court on the South Eastern Circuit, our members also regularly appear in the Court of Appeal, Administrative/Divisional Court, and Magistrates’ Courts in every part of the country.
We appear for both the prosecution and for defendants in some of the most significant and complex fraud trials, acting both for and against various regulators and government departments, particularly the SFO, CPS Specialist Fraud Division, the FCA, and the Department for Work and Pensions.
Our members are used to dealing with cases which can be extremely document-heavy, often advising at the investigatory stage.
Members are ranked by the Serious Fraud Office and CPS specialist Fraud panels of advocates whilst others are instructed by the Financial Conduct Authority. Several members, both leading and junior counsel, are ranked for criminal fraud in Chambers and Partners and Legal 500.
We also regularly appear in confiscation and restraint hearings and other proceedings relating to money laundering and civil recovery. We have been involved in this growing area ever since the enactment of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and we recognise that it is far more than a simple adjunct to criminal proceedings: as a mixed-common law set our members are able to bring to bear an expertise in both civil and criminal law and procedure which can prove invaluable whether appearing for respondents, the Crown, or affected third parties.
Some notable cases that members have been involved in include: