George is a specialist criminal solicitor with unparalleled experience in the representation of Defendants facing a wide variety of charges, from the most trivial accusations to the more serious and complex crimes. He has dealt with a wide variety of criminal cases involving fraud, including defending very high value HMC&E and DTI prosecutions.

George attained his Higher Rights in 2010.

On a day-to-day basis George deals with:

• Criminal Appeals
• Judicial Review
• Drug Trafficking Act offences
• Money Laundering and Confiscation
• Theft
• Burglary
• Robbery
• Murder and other serious violence, including multi handed cases (more than one defendant)
• Rape and other sexual offences
• Kidnapping
• Prison Law and Parole hearings
• Motoring offences
• Benefit fraud
• Offences against the person
• RAF Offences under the Air Force Act 1955
• Dangerous dogs

George has unique experience in representing clients who are in the public eye. Therefore, he is able to effectively deal with the media interest that surrounds celebrities and, together with public relations managers, minimise any possible damage to the public profile of the individual.

George has conducted many fully contested trials and obtained acquittals in several complicated cases. He appears regularly in local Magistrates Courts dealing with complex sentencing and bail applications. He has also dealt with complex legal arguments which arise prior to and on the day of trial.

Furthermore, George has established close working relationships with a range of Experts, for example analysis of complex DNA evidence; Facial Mapping; complex mobile phone evidence,  including cell site analysis. He takes great pride in meticulous trial preparation of cases in order to ensure the best possible result.

Notable cases:

R v. Y & ors

This was a wide scale HMC&E prosecution involving Accountants and other professionals accused of money laundering and VAT fraud valued in excess of £12 million. The case involved complex accounting issues and computer related evidence, which was vital to the prosecution case. It was necessary for the Defence to rely on their own expert to refute and weaken the crown’s evidence. The VAT element of the case involved the bypassing of VAT payable on mobile phone duty. It was alleged that customers would be charged VAT, but it was alleged this was not paid to Revenue & Customs.

R v. D & ors

D was accused of being concerned in a wide scale Conspiracy to Steal motorcars. The method used (known as "car ringing") involved the infiltration of a well-known car manufacturer’s security car key security system. It was alleged that high valued luxury cars were stolen by the use of a duplicate key. The cars were then stripped of their identity and replaced with false particulars mirrored from other cars baring legitimate details (through alteration of the VIN number unique to that car).

R v. S & ors

S, a foreign national, was charged together with 12 others with Conspiracy to Supply Arms and Ammunition. It was alleged the arms were to be smuggled into Britain from Serbia for the purpose of selling them to various terrorist organisations. D was accused of being a member of an organised crime group. The case involved many months of undercover surveillance, facial mapping, and complex DNA evidence. The case did not proceed to trial due to disclosure issues following various legal arguments put forward to the Trial Judge.

R v. G & ors

D was accused and charged with Evasion of HM Customs and Excise duty following a raid on a factory in the East End of London believed to be a distillery making vodka. The evasion ran into thousands of pounds. The case involved undercover surveillance spanning over 2-3 weeks. Following various legal arguments concerning disclosure of further evidence, the case collapsed and did not proceed to trial.

R v. C & ors

D, a Columbian National, faced charges of Money Laundering (over £10 million) after her husband was charged with the importation of class A drugs. This case was one of the largest investigations carried out by HMC&E. The evidence gathered by Customs included well over 38,000 pages of evidence, consisting of witness statements, mobile phone schedules, bank account documents, and other material relating to the case. Prosecution evidence included undercover video static surveillance running into hundreds of hours. It was always the defence’s view that the evidence against D was circumstantial and following strong legal arguments by Defence Counsel, the matter against D was discontinued.

R v. Q & ors

This was a very high value advance fee and mortgage fraud involving over 22 defendants. Individuals were split up into separate mortgage trials. The alleged fraud exceeded £15 million. The Crown alleged the operation involved mortgage brokers and financial advisors. D was accused of providing false details in order to obtain a mortgage. The Crown alleged he had close links with brokers and was therefore part of a major conspiracy to defraud banks and building societies.