2023 – R v David Lloyd & others (Op Ostrich)
I defended one of 7 defendants accused of defrauding HMRC of a sum more than £4m. Acquitted after trial.

2022 – R v ESE Group Limited and Others
I am acting for one of the defendants being prosecuted by West Berkshire Trading Standards on allegations of fraud, fraudulent trading and engaging in unfair commercial practices. This matter is currently listed for trial at Reading Crown Court in September 2022.

2020/2021 – R v Christopher Renshaw and others
Acting for East Midlands businessman who is accused, along with his wife and their builder, of seeking to evade VAT of £173k by fabricating and submitting false invoices for building work done at their properties. The trial was due in April 2020 at Derby Crown Court but due to COVID-19 it is now set for May 2021.

2021 – Operation Paratrooper
Representing one of the defendants being prosecuted by the Specialist Fraud Division of the CPS who is accused of benefit fraud and money laundering amounting to over £1.7 million. Due to Covid this trial has been adjourned until early 2022.

2021 – Northamptonshire CC v E.Asthampton Limited, Joseph Ryan and others
Currently representing client who is director at E.Asthampton Limited, which specialises in claims for compensation for delayed and cancelled flights. Client is alleged to be involved in defrauding the company’s customers. Due to Covid this matter is now listed for trial at Northampton Crown Court in September 2021.

2019/2020 – Operation Hamster
Currently representing a solicitor accused of being involved in a “property takeover fraud” in which attempts were made to sell a number of high-value houses in London to innocent victims without the knowledge of the genuine owners.

2018/2019 – Operation Rossi
Represented one of the defendants in this ticketing fraud based at a commercial bus company in North Wales which caused significant losses to the Welsh Assembly which had underwritten the ticketing scheme.

2018 – R v PD & others
Represented the main defendant facing allegations of fraud, fraudulent trading and money laundering. The defendant set up and ran a publishing business which purported to publish magazines linked to the Emergency Services. Large numbers of owners of small businesses were persuaded to purchase advertising in these magazines but the magazines were never published. Approximately £1.5m was obtained by the defendants.

2016/2017 – R v Cumiskey (& Others)
This case was prosecuted by the SFO and involved a fraud on two banks with losses totalling £159m, only £17m of which was recovered. The case involved the fraudulent assignment of a large number of contracts to the banks on the basis of which the banks lent out the £159m.The defendant we represented was the Finance Director of one of the two companies which assigned the contracts. He was said to be at the heart of the fraud. This case was partly funded through a D&O insurance policy.

2016/2018 – Operation Lunar
Represented former HMRC officer alleged to be involved in tax evasion schemes (so called Section 132 Schemes) based around films, videogames, digital software and pharmaceutical products for high net-worth individuals causing an alleged loss to HMRC of approximately £150m. This case was funded through a D&O insurance policy. The case against all defendants collapsed as a result of defence legal arguments.

2015/2016 – R v C
Successfully defended client accused of £2m money laundering

2015/2016 – Operation Affleck
Represented Defendant in £3.5m Land Banking fraud

2015/2016 – Operation Alveras
Represented Defendant in £11m money laundering scheme – confiscation proceedings were eventually abandoned against him

2013/2014 – Operation Cactus Hent
Represented main Defendant in multi-million pound alleged pension fraud – all defendants acquitted at the close of the Crown’s case – ruling upheld after unsuccessful appeal by the Prosecution – now reported as R v Quillan [2015] EWCA Crim 538