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Practice Groups > Fraud and Corporate Crime	< Back to Practice Groups

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.

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).

Chambers’ practice covers a wide range of work, including DTI, SFO and major Revenue and Customs frauds (money laundering, VAT fraud, diversion fraud and cartel & competition cases). 5pb is also well-regarded in the field of directors’ liability and disqualification, insolvency issues, s.447 investigations and s.432 inspections under the Companies Act 1985 and insider dealing inspections .

We have particular experience in complex cross-border cases, complemented by our expertise on related issues such as hi-tech crime, international extradition, confiscation, asset recovery and multi-jurisdictional proceedings.

Some of our notable recent work includes:

	Representing Balfour Beatty in the Hatfield rail crash appeal;
	R v Ian Leaf [2005] EWCA Crim 2229 - £80m tax evasion through company purchase schemes;
	R v Price - [2006] EWCA Crim 972 - £10.3 million ‘Halifax IOU’ fraud; and
	advising a Swiss drug company in the SFO investigation into cartels and the drug industry.

Members regularly publish and lecture on fraud, corporate crime and linked topics. In addition, Amanda Pinto is co-author of Corporate Criminal Liability (Pinto and Evans), published by Thompson, Sweet and Maxwell in 2003. Jonathan Caplan QC is a contributing editor to “Fraud: Practice and Procedure” (LexisNexis) and Justin Cole and Anuja Dhir are contributors.

To discuss your requirements in detail with our senior clerk, Dale Jones, or to speak directly with a tenant, please call 0207 583 6117.

Group Leader: Michael Brompton QC
Research co-ordinator: Jonathan Elystan Rees