Barnaby Hone

Barnaby is a barrister with specialist expertise in all types of asset recovery and financial crime. He is ranked in Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500 for his knowledge within POCA, asset recovery, forfeiture, and business crime. 

Barnaby also has a range of experience in professional discipline cases, particularly in healthcare and sports law matters.

Barnaby is a barrister with specialist expertise in all types of asset recovery and financial crime. He is ranked in Chambers and Partners in Band 2 and also within tier 2 of the Legal 500 for his knowledge within POCA, asset recovery, and forfeiture.

Barnaby writes the chapters on International Asset Recovery and Terrorism Finance for Millington and Sutherland Williams on POCA and recently completed a series of seminars and articles on changes to POCA under the Criminal Finance Act 2017.

Barnaby's international asset recovery and financial crime practice includes experience of dealing with corruption, money laundering and fraud offences which have an international angle and recovering the proceeds of these offences. He is regularly instructed in tax tribunal matters (in a POCA context) and the full range of civil recovery matters.

"Tireless in his passion and commitment, he is a leader in the field of confiscation. He is able to effectively strategize cases from the outset to achieve outstanding results."

CHAMBERS & PARTNERS, 2022

"Has a forensic knowledge of the relevant legislation and the approach of enforcing authorities."

CHAMBERS & PARTNERS, 2022

"He's good at cross-examination and has a nice manner with clients."

CHAMBERS & PARTNERS, 2021

Barnaby has extensive experience of professional discipline hearings in front of Healthcare regulators. He has acted in matters heard before the General Medical Council (GMC), the General Dental Council (GDC), Nurse and Midwifery Council (NMC), the British Association of Counselling and Psychotheraphy (BACP) and the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC). Barnaby completed a 6 month secondment with the NMC. He represents both the regulators and registrants. He has extensive experience of substantive hearings, interim orders, substantive order reviews and all other forms of regulatory hearings. Barnaby has extensive experience advising on appeals from statutory and non statutory bodies. This complements his experience in the High Court in this, and other areas. Barnaby has been instructed to draft the Fitness to Practice procedures for the BPC and BACP. He is regularly asked to provide advice on procedures and policy from a number of bodies.

Barnaby has dealt with a number of complicated legal issues, such as bias, abuse of process and half-time applications. He also regularly deals with vulnerable witnesses and a variety of expert witnesses. Barnaby sits on regulatory panels and through his other regulatory work, he has a wide range of experience in all aspects of professional disciplinary law.

LLB: University of East Anglia. BVC: College of Law. Harmsworth Scholarship. The Blackstone Entrance Exhibition. Accommodation Award. South Eastern Circuit Florida Advocacy Scholarship. Dutch-Anglo Bar Exchange (2012 – Bar Council.) Keble Advanced Advocacy Course (2012 – Middle Temple).