Crime, financial crime , Deka Chambers
Crime, Financial Crime
Eleanor has built up a successful practice dealing with the highest level of financial crime. She regularly prosecutes and defends in high value cases; often where the defendant is a professional and/or other position of authority. She has been praised for her ability to unpick expert evidence, making it accessible to a jury and her success in cross examining expert-witnesses.
Eleanor has considerable experience in the following areas: Bribery and corruption, Fraud (including high value investment fraud, income tax fraud and VAT evasion), Insider dealing/market abuse and other FSMA 2000/FSA 2012 offences.
Recent cases: first junior for the SFO in the high-profile corruption case R v GPT Ltd, Cook & Others, R v Rivera (fraud by abuse of position), R v Major and Attra (fraud committed by a solicitor and translator on the Legal Aid Agency), R v Scrafton (Solicitor defrauding a charity) and Das v Asplin (CEO of a company). Eleanor also deals frequently with Proceeds of Crime Act [POCA] matters including confiscation and restraint matters. She regularly appears in high value applications for the detention of cash or freezing of assets/accounts.
Leeds University (BA Hons),
City University (Dip Law),
Gray's Inn Scholar.
London Bar
Eleanor Mawrey – Deka Chambers ‘Eleanor is a very impressive barrister. She is a polished advocate and is a calm and assured cross-examiner. She is particularly adept at dealing with complex fraud allegations.'