BA Hons. Philosophy University of Reading

CPE/LPC College of Law, Guildford

Trained initially in Intellectual Property.

Based in Bloomsbury Office - Specialising in white collar crime; fraud; money laundering; confiscation proceedings; restraint orders; HM Revenue and Customs investigations.

Also deals with civil VAT and Duty matters, cash seizures under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and seizures of goods under the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 forfeiture provisions.

Notable cases:

R v U & OTHERS

At the time, the largest and most expensive case ever prosecuted by HMRC (circa £110m alleged cheat). The case collapsed amid serious allegations of misconduct against senior customs officials and lawyers and after several months of abuse of process arguments, was stayed prominently in the High Court in 2005.

R v W & OTHERS

Inward duty evasion prosecution, contemporaneous with ‘LCB'.

The case was stayed at Wood Green Crown Court in December 2006. The value of the cheat on the Revenue was alleged to be £53m and the case had been seven years in preparation: exposure of prosecutorial misconduct, leading to lack of faith in the disclosure process, was the primary reason for the stay.

R v C & OTHERS

Attempt to defraud the Bank of England of £180m. Largest ever seizure of counterfeit notes. Legal arguments successfully leading to direction to jury to return not guilty verdicts in December 2007.

R V M & OTHERS

Alleged cheat on the Revenue (alcohol diversion fraud) and accompanying money laundering, with value alleged as up to £12m. First on the indictment.

Trial at Reading Crown Court collapsed on 11 June 2009 and HMRC forced to offer no evidence, leading to the acquittal of all defendants, after serious and systematic failures in HMRC's ability to meet it's disclosure obligations were exposed.