Chambers of David Josse KC
5 St Andrews Hill acts on all types of POCA matters and has ‘leading expert teams in extradition, financial crime and civil asset forfeiture’. For example, Andrew Bird KC led Gemma Rose in FCA v Faithfull, where the team acted for the Financial Conduct Authority in relation to a boiler room fraud on account forfeiture applications, restraint orders and cross jurisdictional issues. Gary Pons was instructed by the prosecution in cases concerning forfeiture of cash and account forfeiture orders following a complex and lengthy investigation where the proceeds were believed to stem from evading Landfill Tax and VAT, obtained by falsification of records and off-book tipping and laundering, and Sarah Wood acted for the respondent in NCA v USA D&D International and Others on an application for the detention of £4m worth of gold seized at Heathrow in 2019 while en route from Venezuela to Switzerland, and assumed to be a money laundering attempt by South American drug cartels.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'Great clerks: Dave Scothern is the senior clerk and is very professional and not pushy. Dean Cook is also excellent - very responsive.'
- 'Gary Norton is my favourite clerk.'
- 'We have always had great experience with their clerks'
- 'Excellent - Dean Cook is very approachable.'
- 'Dean Cook is an outstanding team member who works incredibly hard.'
- '5 St Andrew's Hill is a fantastic set for POCA and Financial Crime, from Silk level down to the junior end of the junior Bar. '
- 'They are great, from the clerks upwards.'
- 'The chambers are excellent; they are available to provide counsel also at very short notice.'
- 'Excellent set with a particularly strong middle and junior end. They have leading expert teams in extradition, financial crime and civil asset forfeiture.'
- 'Genuinely a very high quality set.'
Silks
Leading Silks
KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.
Juniors
Leading Juniors
Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.
1Chambers of David Josse KC
‘He has an excellent grasp of legal issues in this area, manages client expectations very well and is a strong advocate at court hearings.‘
1Chambers of David Josse KC
‘Sarah is unflappable with clients and on her feet, and a calm and assured presence in the midst of contentious litigation.‘
2Chambers of David Josse KC
‘He is a walking encyclopaedia in the fields of financial crime; he’s brilliant, hard-working, very clever, and he thinks outside the box.’
2Chambers of David Josse KC
‘His advocacy style is succinct and direct, but courteous at all times. He won't take bad points and always advances his case robustly and comprehensively.‘
Leading Juniors
Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.
1Chambers of David Josse KC
‘He has an excellent grasp of legal issues in this area, manages client expectations very well and is a strong advocate at court hearings.‘
1Chambers of David Josse KC
‘Sarah is unflappable with clients and on her feet, and a calm and assured presence in the midst of contentious litigation.‘
2Chambers of David Josse KC
‘He is a walking encyclopaedia in the fields of financial crime; he’s brilliant, hard-working, very clever, and he thinks outside the box.’
2Chambers of David Josse KC
‘His advocacy style is succinct and direct, but courteous at all times. He won't take bad points and always advances his case robustly and comprehensively.‘