Private Prosecutions Cases

R v X (2020)

Defence of private prosecution. Defending CEO and company said to be involved in one of the...

Indemnity Costs Order in "unreasonable" and "vexatious" prosecution of Boris Johnson

The Court concluded that the Private Prosecutor should pay the Claimant's costs on an...

R(IF) v Crown Court at Gloucester (2019) (Admin)

Successful judicial review of a crown court’s refusal to award costs out of central funds to...

David Groome and Ari Alibhai act for Premier League in conspiracy to defraud suppliers of subscription television

Three men were today sentenced to a total of 17 years’ imprisonment at Warwick Crown...

R v Gleave (2018)

Ari Alibhai, instructed by Mishcon de Reya, acted for Sky in a successful private prosecution in...

R v Jones (2018)

Tom Kark QC and Rachna Gokani defended Jones in a private prosecution of a multi-million...

R v John Trevor Dodds & Others (2017-2018)

Team leaders instructed to prosecute this multimillion pound fraud against the providers of...

Re X International (Ongoing)

Advising a company and its directors in relation to a possible private prosecution for fraudulent...

R v Haggerty and others (2017)

David Groome and Ari Alibhai lead in a prosecution regarding fraud on behalf of...

R v Haigh (2015-2017) (2017) EWHC 232 (Admin)

Adrian Darbishire QC, instructed by Peters & Peters, represented former Gibson Dunn partner...

Solicitors Regulation Authority v Dowd (2016)

Selva Ramasamy was instructed to bring this private prosecution for the SRA - an example of an...

R v Somaia (2009-2017)

In 2014, Ketan Somaia was convicted by a jury of nine counts of obtaining a money transfer by...

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Upcoming Events & Training

Nicholas Griffin QC speaking at JUSTICE Human Rights Conference this week

Nicholas will be speaking on a panel discussing inquests and inquiries alongside other practitioners in this field. The event programme is here , and includes this description of the session: “Inquests and inquiries serve as society’s...

QEB Hollis Whiteman collaborate with SKRINE to present a Webinar on Corporate Liability in Malaysia & the UK Bribery Act

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