Crime

Our expertise in business crime includes the following allegations which companies or individuals may face:

• Advisory – retained by individuals and major FTSE 100 index and FTSE 200 companies in an advisory capacity.
• Bribery & Corruption – instructed in cases where companies and individuals have been charged under the Bribery Act 2010.
• Confiscation – instructed in complex and high value confiscation proceedings.
• Corporate & Gross Negligence Manslaughter – act for companies, care homes and nurseries charged with Corporate/Gross Negligence Manslaughter.
• Cross-border / International – act in major investigations across EU countries and the United States.
• Environmental – instructed in cases following investigations into the illegal handling, storage and export of hazardous waste.
• Health & Safety – instructed for the prosecution and defence of companies on health and safety charges arising out of fatalities and serious injuries in the workplace and other breaches of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974.
• Licensing – act on behalf of those applying for licences and also for Police Forces. Firearms appeals also undertaken.
• Money Laundering – instructed in complex money laundering issues, involving significant sums.
• Serious Fraud – act for the prosecution and defence of individual and corporate defendants under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office.
• Trading Standards – instructed for the prosecution and defence of companies charged with trading standards offences such as trade description, counterfeiting and piracy.

All members of our team accept instructions in both publicly and privately funded work.