Date of Call: 1995
Michael Hick specialises in serious fraud, but also prosecutes and defends general crime. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1987 and worked as a stockbroker before transferring to the Bar, coming 3rd in the Bar Exams in 1995. He acts for the Serious Fraud Office, local authorities and was instructed in the Bloody Sunday Inquiry. He is an expert on confiscation and issues concerning public interest immunity.
Recent instructions include:
- Junior in Operation Krypton (the largest UK investigation into corruption in horseracing);
- Junior in R v Hendy-Freegard (fake spy cons students);
- First junior in alleged multi-million pound international Ponzi scheme;
- Leading junior in £600,000 fraud on NHS;
- €50m confiscation proceedings re unauthorised City trading;
- £1m fraud on ABTA;
- Series of 419 (advance fee) frauds on foreign nationals;
- First junior on multi-million pound conspiracy to defraud Microsoft – R v Alibhai and others [2004] EWCA Crim 681;
- US$¾m fraud on Singaporean investor;
- £625k fraud on government agency.
His advice is often sought in cases involving serious fraud, having advised on government agency, local authority and international frauds.