Rufus D"Cruz

Rufus D’Cruz is an able, experienced leading junior who is instructed to prosecute and defend in serious, complex, multi-handed Crime, Fraud, Regulatory & Professional Disciplinary and International work.

The breadth of his practice both prosecuting and defending, has provided him with extensive experience of representing a wide range of clients, from those on death row to corporate clients and he has dealt with a wide range of witnesses from child and vulnerable witnesses to senior police officers, company directors, senior lawyers and expert witnesses in many specialisations.

Rufus is particularly adept and experienced at representing and advising corporate clients in relation to Health and Safety and Environment Agency offences, money laundering matters, production orders relating to special procedure material/LPP and corporate fraud.

In particular Rufus has expertise, experience and insight in representing and advising clients based in Russia and the FSU, having studied Russian language, literature, history and social sciences at university, and having undertaken seminars and lectures both in the UK, Russia and the FSU over many years.

He advised clients on the alternative criminal/regulatory remedies available in commercial litigation and civil fraud cases, including cases involving allegations of unlawful enrichment and share dilution schemes. He brings to this work a unique combination of proficiency in the language, knowledge of the political and economic context and his experience of the interplay between commercial and criminal/regulatory remedies.

He is a member of the British-Russian Law Association. He has considerable experience as an appellate advocate across a range of tribunals including the Divisional Court, the Court of Appeal, the House of Lords, the Privy Council and the US Supreme Court as part of a team of Barristers who prepared an Amicus Brief in a leading case in relation to Guantanamo Bay and fundamental Habeas Corpus principles. Rufus also has over 20 years experience of domestic and international Human Rights work in the UK, the Caribbean, the U.S.A., Russia and the FSU, through his work for NGOs including the Bar Human Rights Committee and Liberty. Rufus is instructed increasingly to lead in cases and the breadth of his practice, both prosecuting and defending is a reflection of his ability as an accomplished lawyer and advocate.

BA Hons Russian, Birmingham University

Diploma in Law (Conversion Course), PCL