Led Junior

Op Iron – [ongoing – 2019] – Birmingham CC

Led Junior to a QC. Instructed by West Midlands CCU (Complex Casework Unit). Allegations of police corruption involving a serving police sergeant from West Midlands Police accused of misconduct in public office.

Op Apple 1, 2 and 3 [2018 – 2019]– Birmingham and Stoke Crown Courts 

Led Junior for the Crown, instructed by West Midlands CCU (Complex Casework Unit). Led to one QC and two senior juniors across three separate trials. 3 large-scale investigations by Staffordshire Police into Organised Crime involving a total of 18 defendants accused of multi-kilo supply of Class A drugs. In one case, large-scale supply was organised from within prison establishments. The case involved tens of thousands of pages of served evidence.

R v KR [2017] – Isleworth Crown Court

Allegations of historic sexual abuse of two children against an elderly and ill defendant.

Op Rakuyou [2016] – Southwark Crown Court

Allegations of conspiracy to traffick women into/within the UK for the purposes of sexual exploitation; and conspiracy to launder the proceeds of criminal activity. The defendant was first on the indictment, which was laid against 9 defendants in total. The lack of investigation or adequate disclosure forced the Crown to drop all trafficking counts.

Op Dryad [2016] – Chelmsford Crown Court 

Three-month trial, involving allegations of historic rape, sexual exploitation, and conspiracy to supply Class A Drugs concerning three young females. Defendant acquitted.

General Crime

R v SC – Snaresbrook CC [2019]

Allegation of false imprisonment. Acquitted.

R v Allen – St Albans CC [2018]

Multiple allegations of domestic sexual and physical assaults. Acquitted of all counts at trial.

Op Evolution [2018] – Leicester CC

Instructed as disclosure counsel for the Crown involving 23 defendants accused of attempted murder and conspiracy to commit violent disorder.

R v LB [2018] – Blackfriars CC 

Successful prosecution of a male who targeted and robbed three lone females on public transport in London.

R v CM [2018]- Warwick Crown Court 

Allegations of supplying class A drugs with several admitted previous convictions including conspiracy to supply Class A Drugs. Defendant unanimously acquitted.

R v DS [2018] – Southwark Crown Court 

Allegations of GBH inflicted upon police officers. Acquitted at half time.

R v BB [2017] – Central Criminal Court

Allegation of GBH (wounding) amounting to a serious bleed on the brain. Defendant unanimously acquitted at trial.

Op Castrum [2016] – St Albans Crown Court

Multi-handed, two-week trial alleging a conspiracy to burgle houses and possession of firearm/imitation firearm. The Crown relied extensively upon CCTV, forensic, telephone, ANPR evidence. The total value of the loss was £115,000. Defendant acquitted of the firearm count at half-time.

Fraud and Money Laundering

R v CW [2018] – Wood Green Crown Court 

Represented the first defendant in a multi-handed two-week trial alleging drug dealing and sophisticated money laundering through online investment platforms. Defendant acquitted of all five counts at trial.

Op Garfunkel [2017] – Snaresbrook Crown Court

Conspiracy to evade excise duty on significant importations of cigarettes and tobacco. The alleged loss was £450,000. Represented the only defendant acquitted after a two-week trial.

R v SS [2017] Harrow Crown Court 

Allegations of money laundering against a daughter said to have stolen and laundered the proceeds of her father’s estate valued at £180,000.  Required careful and thoughtful cross-examination of an elderly and profoundly deaf complainant. Defendant acquitted of all charges at half-time.

Op Fireball [2016] – Central Criminal Court. 

Multi-handed conspiracy to launder the proceeds of a large-scale internet shopping fraud valued at £450,000. This case involved complex financial evidence running to many thousands of pages.

Op Arad [2016] – Harrow Crown Court

Large scale Internet Shopping Fraud valued in excess of £1 million. Represented the first defendant, responsible for organising the removal of the illicit funds and managing account openers (money mules). The Crown extensively relied on telephone evidence.

Confiscation

Op Tarlac [2018] – Leicester Crown Court 

Junior Alone. Multi-million-pound money laundering case. Representing a defendant during complex confiscation proceedings with forensic accountants. The Crown were represented by a QC and junior.

Op Veneer [2015 – 2017]- Southwark Crown Court

Led Junior to Dexter Dias QC. A multi-handed money laundering case which concerned the running of a money service business alleged to have been involved in a £150 million fraud. Following careful analysis, the benefit figure was reduced by over half. Investigated by HMRC.

Youth Court

R v LL [2018] – St Albans Youth Court 

Allegation of Arson with intent to endanger life, against a 14-year-old boy with significant learning difficulties requiring an intermediary throughout. Acquitted at half-time.

Civil

Chief Constable of Hertfordshire Constabulary v FM and others [2018] – St Albans Magistrates’ Court 

Successful opposition to the police’s application for a sexual risk order pursuant to section122A Sexual Offences Act 2003.

R v MS [2015] Central Criminal Court 

Cash Forfeiture appeal heard at the Central Criminal Court. Overturned a decision of the lower court in relation to a cash sum of more than £300,000. 

Consumer

London Borough of Enfield v HM [2018 – 2019] – Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court 

Represented a company director involved in the importation and selling of toys. 15 allegations including offences under the registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of chemicals Enforcement Regulations (REACH), and allegations under the Consumer Protection Act 1987 along with breaches of the Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011.