Services
Criminal Work/Private Prosecutions
We have specialist capability to undertake serious criminal cases particularly those relating to fraud, corruption, money laundering and revenue evasion. We also undertake private criminal prosecutions, providing clients with access to England’s criminal justice system – in the right case – as a potential solution to those who have been the victim of economic crime.
Our approach
- A private criminal prosecution can provide clients with a a practical solution when dealing with corporate fraud and financial crime.
- Provided it meets the necessary requirements, a private prosecution can provide victims with access to justice, at a time when police forces and law enforcement agencies are struggling with a lack of resources and expertise.
- Our team in this area is led by one of the UK’s leading barristers specialising in financial crime, Charles Bott KC.
- Charles has prosecuted and defended a very large number of serious cases in both the UK and overseas.
- Charles combines extensive criminal law experience with a background in civil and commercial law, and has recently led teams in the private prosecution of serious fraud, as well as being instructed by a foreign government in relation to an alleged fraud on their public funds.
- In some cases, a conviction arising from a private prosecution can lead to recovery of stolen value in the form of compensation, and perhaps costs.
- We can advise on a matter’s viability on a case-by-case basis.
- We are also available to advise and represent those accused of financial crime or under investigation – or whose assets are under restraint in a criminal investigation. Charles has extensive experience in cases of this type, including a number of the most prominent fraud trials of recent times.
Team members
- Charles Bott KC
