CRIME SET OF THE YEAR 2010 - Chambers & Partners

‘At QEB Hollis Whiteman “the clerks are efficient… and the quality of tenants is consistently high”.’
– Legal 500 (2009)

QEB Hollis Whiteman chambers specialises  in three main practice areas: Fraud, Regulatory and Discipline, and Crime.

FRAUD

At QEB Hollis Whiteman, we have an excellent well-established reputation in business crime. Our barristers have appeared in many of the most important fraud trials and are regularly involved in the full range of  associated advice and representation.

  • Corporations
  • Asset Forfeiture
  • Bribery & Anti-Corruption
  • Counterfeit Goods
  • Financial Services
  • Intellectual Property
  • Trading Standards

     

    REGULATORY AND DISCIPLINE

    Our strong regulatory team has an outstanding reputation in regulatory prosecutions and has now built a comparable reputation for excellence in regulatory defence work, which has seen the volume of this work increase substantially. We also appear in a wide range of disciplinary tribunals.

  • Discipline
  • Financial
  • Healthcare
  • Health & Safety
  • Industry Bodies
  • Police Discipline
  • Public Inquiries 
  • Sport
  • Trading Standards

     

    CRIME

    Our members have appeared to prosecute and defend in many of the most significant and high-profile criminal trials of the last 40 years. We offer wide-ranging expertise at all levels, including senior QCs and junior barristers. Our pupils are actively involved in assisting in general crime cases. We conduct a range of criminal cases, including some prosecutions, on private instruction.

     

  • Bribery & Anti-Corruption
  • Confiscation
  • Corporations
  • General Crime
  • Health & Safety
  • Motoring & Traffic
  • Terrorism
  • Notable cases:

    Cricket Match Fixing Allegations (2010)
    September 2010
    Philip Evans

    Google street-view data capture (2010)
    Leading Barrister Advises
    Mark Ellison QC

    Baby-Shaking Pathology Dispute Appeal (2010)
    Court of Appeal Guidance - Expert Evidence  
    Edward Brown QC | Natasha Tahta

    McFall & Others (2010)
    First successful defence of an individual charged by the FSA for insider dealing.
    Bridget Petherbridge

    R v KW and DM (2010)
    10 year old - Rape Charge
    Linda Strudwick

    British Airways / Virgin Price-Fixing Trial (2010)
    First trial of cartel offence under Enterprise Act
    William Boyce QC | Adrian Darbishire

    GMC v Al-Zayyat (2010)
    "Baby P" Consultant Paediatrician
    Rebecca Poulet QC | Sarah Plaschkes

    Stem-Cell Doctor Struck Off (2010)
    Acting for GMC
    Tom Kark QC

    R v Barker, Connelly & Owen - (2010)
    Junior counsel for the prosecution in the case that became known to the public as “Baby P”.
    Sarah Plaschkes

    R v Davis (2009)
    Leading landmark case - anonymity of witnesses
    Edward Brown QC

    R v Yam (2009)
    First Murder trial held in secret
    Mark Ellison QC