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Darren Burleigh

Darren Burleigh

Star Legal, South West

Work Department

Crminal Defence.

Position

Darren is a Solicitor who specialises in criminal defence work and regulatory matters. His criminal practice is wide-ranging – he specialises in complex defence work. He has higher rights of audience in the criminal courts and represents clients in the Crown Court and Court of Appeal.

Darren represents clients involved in regulatory cases, complex financial investigations (including HMRC investigations and FCA investigations) complex cases involving fatalities (including murder and corporate manslaughter investigations) and road traffic specialist cases. For those entitled to public funding, he is authorised to represent clients in very high value criminal cases.

Career

Darren graduated from De Montfort University with a degree in law and accountancy. He qualified as a solicitor in 1995, having trained with Bobbetts Mackan.

Darren has been a visiting lecturer at Cardiff University on the Bar Vocational Course and has given practical talks to the Probation Service.

Education

De Montfort University.