Our team has experience of many high-profile and complex cases. We have selected a few to provide you with a flavour of the level of experience and expertise at our disposal.
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2010
R-v-Y, P & L - Bristol Crown Court - we are currently representing the first defendants ever to be prosecuted by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008. This case concerns the alleged operation of a so-called "Pyramid Scam" throughout the southwest involving £18,000,000 of alleged losses to participants.
2009
R-v-RR (& others) - Southampton Crown Court - Our VHCC team stepped in to represent a defendant facing drug importation charges. Our timely advice assisted in reducing his sentence dramatically.
R-v-TP (& others) - Bristol Crown Court - In this case we defended in a Customs & Excise (HMRC) prosecution against an alleged gang of tobacco smugglers. The original allegation concerned over £1,000,000 worth of duty evaded tobacco products. After we mounted a legal challenge, the prosecutor accepted that our clients were involved with just £2000 of evaded duty.
2008
R-v-O, J & S - Reading Crown Court & Court of Appeal - Our team successfully resisted a prosecution appeal against a ruling by the trial judge at Reading Crown Court that had "immasculated" the proseution case. Our success resulted in the immediate acquittal of all defendants in the UK's most high-profile stately home burglary case for the last 30 years.
2007
R-v-N & P - Bristol Crown Court - the defendants were accused of involvement in a £2.5M conspiracy to defraud financial institutions in the UK and USA via Ebay and Pay-pal accounts. Our timely advice and representation resulted in the charges being substantially reduced and the defendants being released from custody wthin weeks.
2006
R-v-M (& others) - Bristol Crown Court - our client was one of eight charged in a multiple murder conspiracy alleging coordinated acts in London and Bristol. Detailed defence investigation of CCTV footage revealed evidence that resulted in our client's aquittal.
R-v-B & B (P Ltd) - Bristol Crown Court - Defending a Trading Standards prosecution (the first of it's kind) against a "premium rate telephone scam". Our involvement saved the defendants £100,000+ in fees from inexperienced solicitors and avoided an almost inevitable prison sentence.
2005
R-v-B - Cardiff Crown Court - We defended the Director of a company accusd by a disgruntled supplier of enforcing a debt by improper means. Our thorough investigation proved that our client's accuser was lying. The charges against our client were dropped and the accuser prosecuted and imprisoned.
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This is a mere snapshot of the type of cases that we have handled recently. Our expertise covers all types of criminal, regulatory and fraud proceedings. If you would like to discuss your case in more detail then contact us now for a free informal discusion as to how we can help you.
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Our team has experience of many high-profile and complex cases. We have selected a few to provide you with a flavour of the level of experience and expertise at our disposal.