He has particular expertise in multiple defendant conspiracies concerning both fraud and drugs with an ability to put a client at ease and in serious sexual offences.
Robin is a Grade 4 prosecutor on the CPS General Crime panel of prosecuting counsel; the Rape and Serious Sexual Offences panel; and on the Serious Crime Group panel, CPS Specialist Fraud Panel. Robin has acted as leading Junior on numerous occasions.
Kevin was junior counsel for the pharmacist who was investigated by the GPHC for the supply of diamorphine to Harold Shipman and represented ILEX in the Court of Appeal who faced a challenge to its then disciplinary regime. He has considerable experience acting for pharmacists/online pharmacies and prescribing doctors/independent prescribers who face investigation arising from individual and system failures in online pharmacies.
Having been instructed in excess of 20 murder trials, numerous fraud and rape cases in the early part of his career, Miles uses his experience, advocacy skills, tactical awareness, common sense and judgment to get the best practical and commercial result for his clients
Miles is ranked in Band 1 for leading juniors for Consumer Law in both the current Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 and is ranked in Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 for Health and Safety.
His regular work encompasses murder, manslaughter, drug trafficking, blackmail, armed robbery, arson and firearms offences.
He is regularly instructed in cases involving offences of serious violence.
He also appears frequently in cases that concern serious offences committed within a domestic context, namely Harassment offences, assaults and Breaches of Protective Orders as he has the sensitivity and confidence to deal with such matters.
He also has a wealth of experience in dealing with young Defendants.
With a wealth of experience and tireless dedication to his client, he has proved hugely popular with solicitors and clients alike.
He is highly regarded as a specialist in regulatory prosecutions, being regularly instructed on behalf of local authority trading standards teams, environmental agencies and other government bodies. He has an outstanding reputation for representing police officers in criminal and gross misconduct proceedings, and acted in the UK’s biggest police corruption trial.
Jonathan’s case history includes:
Ranked in Tier 1 by Legal 500 for Criminal Fraud, Consumer Law and General Crime, he is consistently highly recommended in the legal directories for Criminal Fraud, Business Crime, Consumer Law (trading standards, trade-marks, copyright, consumer protection offences) Financial Crime and Crime.
Often instructed pre-charge by prosecuting agencies including the CPS Specialist Fraud Division and the Serious Fraud Office to advise on complex matters of law and case strategy, he has considerable experience in direct and indirect tax fraud. This includes numerous multi-handed MTIC VAT frauds.
He is at equally at home in the UK Supreme Court and the Port of Spain Magistrates Court and gets on equally well with partners of City firms and bank robbers.
Areas of expertise:
Jonathan Caplan practices mainly in the following areas:
