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Crime

As a cybercrime and fraud specialist Rob has prosecuted some of the most complicated cases of recent years in the West Midlands area, including the successful prosecution of the chairman of a nationally known company for hacking a competitor’s website. Rob’s particular expertise in the digital arena has led him to be briefed in cases where evidence of a sophisticated and complicated nature has been an integral part of the case.

Rob has also appeared for the prosecution as a junior counsel in murder trials and as sole advocate in high value fraud and contested confiscation hearings. He also appears on an almost daily basis in the Crown Court for more general crime.

Prior to joining the CPS Rob had developed an enviable reputation as an effective defence advocate and having now converted to the bar he is keen to redevelop that area of his practice.

Rob qualified as a solicitor in 1996 and spent the next eleven years developing a general defence practice. In 2007 he joined the Crown Prosecution Service where he prosecuted crime at all levels in the Crown Court throughout the West Midlands Area. He was called to the Bar by Grays Inn in 2016.