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Andrew has tackled cases ranging from inquests and public enquiries, through many large criminal cases, personal injuries actions including fatal accident claims, to Professional Negligence and a Chancery Division action for the rectification of a lease. He has conducted over two dozen commercial frauds and, since taking silk, he has advised and represented financial regulators and conducted several murder trials.
He has extensive experience in the use of computer systems in support and presentation of his cases.
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Fred Ferguson’s practice is balanced between cases involving serious violence and white collar crime.
He defends offences including murder and other offences of violence, fraud, corruption, confiscation, drug trafficking, rape and other sexual offences, arson, offences against intellectual property and public order.
He has prosecuted in fraud and corruption cases for organisations including the Serious Fraud Office.
He deals with cases involving vulnerable defendants or complainants, and cases involving expert witnesses.
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Martin was a Prosecutor for the Criminal Prosecution Service and Serious Fraud Office for over 20 years before joining chambers, where he continues to specialise in serious fraud work.
Martin has developed a general crime practice involving work for both Prosecution and Defence successfully conducting cases of serious violence, sexual offences and dishonesty. He is presently instructed to defend a case of rape, kidnapping and false imprisonment and to prosecute a seven handed conspiracy to cultivate cannabis.
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Gaurang’s Personal Injury work focuses on employer's liability for trade union solicitors including industrial disease cases and work-place accidents.
His commercial experience includes: partnership disputes, sale of goods contractual disputes, building disputes, employment and professional negligence. His landlord & tenant work covers residential and commercial disputes and mortgage possession actions.
Gaurang's practice also encompasses both defending and prosecuting civil and criminal fraud.
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Jonathan has extensive experience of fraud prosecution for the Serious Fraud Office and CPS Special Casework, including: conspiracy to defraud, fraudulent trading, large-scale industrial corruption, mortgage fraud and offences under the Insolvency Act. His defence work involves allegations of mortgage and legal aid fraud.
He also has experience involving serious allegations of assaults, false imprisonment, malicious prosecutions and deaths in custody. He undertakes all types of Personal Injury work, principally industrial accidents and disease, Professional and Clinical Negligence.
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Rosina is a specialist Criminal practitioner. She also has considerable experience in Family and child care work.
As a Leading Junior, her Criminal practice covers white collar fraud, murder, rape and child abuse, kidnap, drug trafficking and serious offences of violence.
She prosecutes and defends cases involving vulnerable witnesses, especially children and adults involved in sexual cases.
In her Family work, Rosina concentrates on Public Law in the Principal Registry and High Court, representing Local Authorities, Children’s Guardians and parents.
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Edward is a specialist criminal barrister with experience in serious criminal offences. He also has experience of complex Immigration and Court Martial cases.
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Raj works for both Claimants and Defendants in all areas of Personal Injury including employers’ liability, public liability, road traffic and criminal injuries compensation authority cases. He has a special interest in hand arm vibration syndrome, noise induced hearing loss, industrial disease cases and sports related accidents and injuries.
He also has considerable experience in Police, Fraud and Regulatory work and General Crime.
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Tom’s practice comprises criminal and regulatory cases in the Crown Court and for the Metropolitan Police and other Constabularies in relation to civil actions against the Police and applications for ASBOs and cash seizures.
He has developed a widespread fraud practice and is instructed both to Prosecute and Defend in cases brought by the SFO, RCPO, DTI, CPS and the DWP. He has particular expertise and experience in relation to restraint and confiscation proceedings.
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Tim has a busy criminal practice prosecuting and defending. He is a London CPS grade 3 prosecutor, is instructed by the SFO and the CPS fraud prosecution service. He also prosecutes serious sexual and violent offences for the CPS.
He has experience of defending cases of money laundering, drugs smuggling, serious sexual offences and armed robbery. He has prosecuted and defended numerous confiscation proceedings.
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Giles specialises in all areas of Personal Injury for both Claimant and Defendant including employer’s liability, public liability, road traffic, occupiers’ liability, industrial disease litigation, criminal injuries compensation and clinical negligence. He has a particular interest in animal related claims.
He has extensive experience of contractual claims, trusts of land claims, insolvency and landlord and tenant. Giles is regularly instructed in a range of regulatory law
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Claire is an experienced criminal barrister. She prosecutes and defends those accused of serious criminal offences including fraud, rape, violent and drugs offences. She also has a niche practice prosecuting and defending health and safety cases.
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Gareth prosecutes and defends in mixed crime fraud and regulatory matters. Gareth is a Grade 2 prosecutor on the List of External Advocates for the CPS and is on the grade C Panel of the Attorney General’s List of Prosecuting Counsel.
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Eleanor is instructed in a variety of criminal work, for the Prosecution and Defence. She spent a year working with the Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office on Operation Brandfield (R v Ashraf Chaudhrey and others CA) and has considerable knowledge of drugs cases and trials involving the use of informants. She is regularly instructed in serious violence, sexual offences, football violence cases and ASBO trials.
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James is a specialist criminal barrister who prosecutes and defends a broad spectrum of serious offences. He has been appointed by the A-G to prosecute for government departments.
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Emily is instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service; recently prosecuting serious violence, drug supply, fraud and dishonesty offences. She defends in the Crown and Magistrates Courts in violent disorder, drug supply and sex offence cases. She is also regularly instructed by government departments, in particular the Serious Fraud Office.
Emily represents Claimants and Defendants in fast and multi-track cases in all areas of Personal Injury.
Her Family work includes care proceedings and contact and residence applications.
Ed Lamb represented a diabetic applicant permanently disabled by Post Traumatic Stress Disorder following an attack at work involving an assailant armed with a hammer.
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Yesterday, the Court of Appeal upheld the convictions of the attempted rape of an 8 year old girl by two boys aged 10 and 11, who were prosecuted by Rosina Cottage.
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