Paul Schofield > Farleys Solicitors LLP > Preston, England > Lawyer Profile
Farleys Solicitors LLP Offices
Charnley House
13 Winckley Square
Preston PR1 3JJ
England
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Paul Schofield
Work Department
Fraud & Business Crime, and Serious Crime
Position
Partner & Head of Department
Career
Paul is Head of Farleys’ Fraud and Business Crime and Serious Crime department, dealing exclusively with serious/complex cases criminal defence cases. He is a Very High Cost Cases Panel supervisor and a Higher Courts (Criminal) Advocate, and has immense experience in defending clients from professional backgrounds.
His nationwide reputation has been founded upon a considerable number of high profile media interest cases. He has a well earned reputation for sustained personal attention to a case from start to finish, detailed and energetic preparation and robustly defending the rights of clients.
Paul has assisted members of British Cycling in relation to criminal matters and routinely acts for professional footballers, as well as members of the National Association of Head Teachers and the National Union of Teachers. He has also received instructions from a major political party to represent its members in relation to alleged electoral and financial fraud. Paul acts as a legal adviser to ITV’s soap Emmerdale in relation to criminal story lines.
Paul is a member of the SAS (Solicitors’ Assistance Scheme) and regularly advises solicitor clients in Law Society investigations carried out by the SRA, also representing them in disciplinary proceedings before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. In addition, Paul is a member of The Law Society’s Panel of solicitors approved to advise other solicitors on money laundering issues.
Lawyer Rankings
North West > Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general crime and fraud
(Leading Individuals)Farleys Solicitors LLP handles the entire spectrum of serious crime, fraud, and white-collar crime cases and the team is frequently instructed in the most complex and serious cases. Splitting his time between Preston and Manchester, practice head Paul Schofield has expertise in national and international fraud, as well as money laundering and undertaking defence preparation in foreign jurisdictions. Co-head Farleys Solicitors LLP draws on over 20 years’ experience of criminal defence work and has exceptional experience in POCA and complex trading standards cases. In the Blackburn office, Jonathan Taylor oversees the general crime department, which handles homicides and substantial conspiracies to import and supply drugs, as well as extradition matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- Crime: general crime and fraud North West > Crime, fraud and licensing
- Leading Individuals North West > Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general crime and fraud
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Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in the North West
- Private client > Family
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the North West
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in the North West
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Manchester