Tom Broomfield

Practice: Crime and Regulatory

Summary

Tom Broomfield’s major area of practice is general crime. He appears in the Crown Court, prosecuting and defending in a wide variety of cases including grievous bodily harm, robbery, fraud, supply of Class A drugs and money laundering.

Tom has gained particular expertise in criminal aspects of copyright and trademark law, trading standards law and confiscation. He has prosecuted in cases ranging from large-scale conspiracies to defraud to supplying counterfeit goods and breaches of consumer protection law. He has lectured on trading standards law to a number of Local Authorities. He is also regularly instructed to prosecute benefit fraud on behalf of London Borough Councils and has been instructed to prosecute on behalf of Government Departments.

Tom spent much of 2010 seconded to the Financial Services Authority where he assisted with disclosure in a complex ‘boiler room’ fraud.  The case followed a joint investigation with the City of London Police and is the largest case ever prosecuted by the FSA in conjunction with the Fraud Prosecution Service.

Tom has provided assistance to the Financial Services Authority and City of London Police by advising on legal professional privilege during the search of a suspect's home and business address.

He is experienced in regulatory law, appearing on a number of occasions before the Nursing and Midwifery Council and on behalf of the Security Industry Authority. He is also being led in a case before the Bar Standards Board.

Tom advises on all aspects of criminal law.

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