At a time of rapid development of the law and of procedure in fraud and corporate crime, successful outcomes depend more than ever before upon innovative and experienced counsel.
We are ranked by Chambers and Partners as a leading set for fraud and several members of chambers appear on the Attorney-General’s prosecuting counsel A-list. Chambers is also represented on the Fraud Advisory Panel. We are involved in the full range of BERR, SFO and HMRC work, possessing particular expertise in cross border cases, hi-tech crime, extradition, and confiscation and asset recovery matters.
Members of chambers have appeared in most of the leading white-collar frauds over the last twenty years, including Guinness, Blue Arrow, Maxwell, Barings/Leeson and the Versailles Group. 5pb has taken instructions in many leading corporate manslaughter cases, including the Herald of Free Enterprise (defence of P&O) and the Southall rail crash (defence of Great Western Trains).