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She both defends and prosecutes. She is ranked in Band 1 as a leading silk in Chambers and Partners 2019 in relation to crime and financial crime and also as a Band 1 Leading Silk in the Chambers and Partners High Net Worth 2019 Directory. She has acted on behalf of a senior Barclays banker in relation to the LIBOR investigation, in respect of whom the SFO recently decided to take no further action. She recently successfully prosecuted two police officers for misconduct in public office, in relation to their failure to investigate child abuse offences. She successfully prosecuted a six-handed fraud involving football apprenticeship training on behalf of the SFO. She is also secured a successful result on behalf of the principal defendant in a 5 month, twelve-handed trial alleging conspiracy to defraud brought by Southampton City Council. She has advised private companies and prosecuting authorities in relation to Bribery Act offences. She also advises private organisations on issues relating to employee fraud. She successfully defended the Sun’s Whitehall editor, Clodagh Hartley, against an allegation of conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office. She has defended an SFO prosecution involving £160 million banking fraud, R v Alexander, and successfully defended a bank manager against an allegation to commit corruption, prosecuted as part of a major fraud that led to the collapse of Willmetts Solicitors, R v Entwistle and others. She has had further success defending allegations of insider dealing in R v Sanders and others (involving the spread-betting firm Blue Index) and successfully defended one of the defendants in Operation Inertia, a £100 million MTIC contra trading case. She has prosecuted a number of murder trials and has considerable experience in dealing with sensitive sexual offence cases including involving vulnerable witnesses. She has experience cross-examining autistic witnesses and carrying out cross-examination through an intermediary. Other successful prosecutions include a multi-jurisdictional boiler-room fraud, involving Regulation S shares and carbon credits, R v MacDonald and Downes, which featured in the TV documentary ‘Fraud Squad’; a fraud involving the Land Registry and Probate Division; the prosecution of a dentist accused of defrauding the NHS and a series of frauds on various charities.
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SilkCriminal Defence & Prosecution / Fraud & Financial Regulation / Asset Recovery, Restraint and Confiscation / Business Regulation / Professional Discipline / Sports Law
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Barrister.New South Wales: 2001 Higher Court Advocate: 2012 England and Wales: 2015Criminal Defence & Prosecution
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Barrister.Criminal Defence & Prosecution / Fraud & Financial Regulation / Asset Recovery, Restraint and Confiscation / Business Regulation / Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance / Public and Administrative Law / Tax Litigation
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Criminal Defence and Prosecution; Fraud & Financial Regulation; Asset Recovery, Restraint and Confiscation; Business Regulation; Public and Administrative Law; Tax Litigation.
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Barrister.Criminal Defence & ProsecutionFraud & Financial RegulationAsset Recovery, Restraint and ConfiscationBusiness RegulationProfessional DisciplinePublic and Administrative Law
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Barrister.Criminal Defence & Prosecution / Asset Recovery, Restraint and Confiscation / Professional Discipline
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Barrister.Asset Recovery, Restraint and Confiscation / Business Regulation / Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance / Tax Litigation
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Barrister.Criminal Defence & Prosecution / Fraud & Financial Regulation / Asset Recovery, Restraint and Confiscation / Extradition and Mutual Legal ASsistance / Business Regulations and Local Government / Tax Litigation / Public and Administrative Law
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Barrister.Criminal Defence & Prosecution / Fraud & Financial Regulation / Asset Recovery, Restraint and Confiscation / Business Regulation
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Barrister.Criminal Defence & Prosecution / Fraud & Financial Regulation / Asset Recovery, Restraint and Confiscation / Business Regulation
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Barrister.Criminal Defence & Prosecution / Fraud & Financial REgulation / Asset Recovery, Restraint and Confiscation / Tax Litigation
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Barrister.Criminal Defence & Prosecution / Fraud & Financial Misconduct / Asset Recovery, Restraint and Confiscation / Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance
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Barrister.Criminal Defence & Prosecution / Fraud & Financial Regulation / Asset Recovery, Restraint and Confiscation / Business Regulation / Professional Discipline / Public and ADministrative Law / Taxa Litigation
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Barrister.Criminal Defence & Prosecution / Fraud & Financial Regulation / Asset Recovery, REstraint and Confiscation / Business Regulation / Professional Discipline
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Silk Call 1989 Silk 2013     Practice; Criminal Law - Prosecution and Defence Specialisations - Complex Serious Fraud, Homicide, Historic Sexual Offences, Drugs Offences, Confiscation Proceedings Experience in Regulatory and Disciplinary Proceedings, Local Government