Date of Call: 1988
Date of Silk: 2010
Julian Christopher has considerable experience in defending and prosecuting a wide range of general crime, with a particular emphasis on fraud; he also applies the same analytical and advocacy skills to civil proceedings for fraud, the confiscation of the proceeds of crime, and resisting third party witness summonses. He is Standing Counsel to the Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office, and is also instructed to prosecute on behalf of the DTI and the SFO.
Recent significant cases have included:
- fraudulant trading involving £50m tax evasion;
- diversion fraud;
- large scale importation of drugs;
- insurance fraud;
- the promotion of tax evasion schemes by accountants; and
- a “whodunit” murder with contested statistical evidence.
Publications
Contributing editor to Archbold
Julian is recommended as a leading junior for Fraud in Legal 500 2009.