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The firm has been instructed since last year on behalf of a company owner who was being investigated by the SFO for offences of conspiracy to commit bribery offences in contravention of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906. Since 2016 the SFO has been conducting a criminal investigation into the activities of Unaoil, its officers, its […]

Colette Kelly advised a suspect in Operation Kempston, an FCA investigation into insider share dealing. Following attendance at an interview and representations made, the investigation was discontinued against our client. The restraint order against  bank accounts and assets was discharged. Our client’s professional reputation remains intact. For more details of the work we carry out […]

Partner Colette Kelly, was instructed on behalf of a Third party in the confiscation proceedings of one of the Defendants in Operation Amazon. Prosecuted by HMRC/CPS, this case was described as a flagship £110 million direct taxation fraud where high net worth investors were persuaded to invest substantial sums of money in carbon credit schemes […]

Colette Kelly acted for our client who had appealed the sentence imposed upon him  for offences of fraud. Colette was instructed privately following our client’s sentence in the crown Court. the case centred around the fraudulent transfer of ownership of family property and the proper assessment of the value of the fraud. After hearing submissions from […]

Below is a link to an article in the recent edition of Criminal Law week where senior partner Mark Bowen has commented on the recent case of  R.(Kombou)  v  Wood Green Crown Court [2020] EWHC 1529 (Admin). In this case the defendant had unsuccessfully applied to vacate his guilty plea to an offence of failing to […]

Our associate solicitor Arlene Mansoor was privately  instructed by our professional client who had been arrested following a rape allegation that had been made against him. The allegation was vehemently denied by our client who always stated that the contact between him and the complainant had been consensual. Following further investigation by the firm further witness evidence […]

The firm was instructed on behalf its professional client, a solicitor, who was being investigated by the DWP for widespread benefit fraud dating back to 2008. It was alleged that our client had made multiple claims in different names for various state benefits over a 10 year period.  The  matter involved a detailed analysis of […]

Following lengthy negotiations with the SFO on behalf of our client, Osman Shahenshah, a confiscation order was agreed between the parties bringing or client’s confiscation proceedings to a conclusion. The firm was instructed by our client at the confiscation stage of the proceedings following Mr Shahenshah’s conviction for fraud in October 2018. The confiscation case […]