Our fraud law barristers bring decades of expertise defending in some of the largest and most complex fraud and confiscation cases in the UK and abroad.
Garden Court is consistently recognised for its outstanding contribution to criminal defence law. We won the Legal 500 Crime Set of the Year 2015 and have been shortlisted for the same award three times. Our team is also ranked as a leading set of chambers in the Legal 500 for fraud law. Members of the team have authored the highly regarded Confiscation Manual, the authoritative guide for lawyers on applications under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
Areas of Expertise
- Pre-charge advice
- Bribery and Corruption
- International fraud
- Money laundering
- Other large scale fraud, e.g Boiler Room Fraud
- Land banking fraud
- Unexplained Wealth Orders
- Confiscation
- Restraint Orders
- Criminal anti-competitive cartels e.g. LIBOR Fixing
the work we do
We represent individuals and companies facing regulatory investigations or prosecutions brought by:
- The Serious Fraud Office
- Financial Conduct Authority
- HMRC
- National Crime Agency
- The Environment Agency
- The Department of Business Innovation and Skills
- The Health and Safety Executive
Our clients include professionals such as accountants, solicitors, bankers and architects.
Notable Cases
Our notable cases include:
- LIBOR-fixing fraud
- Pakistani cricket spot-fixing corruption
- Operation Emersed – largest ever VAT ‘carousel’ fraud
- Operation Hornet – corruption and fraud at HBOS
- R v Omar and others – bribery of Ghanaian, Kenyan and Somalian officials
- R v Karim – Bollywood international film fraud
- R v Van Badlo – large scale Ponzi fraud
- R v Wilmot and others – biggest ever ‘boiler room’ fraud
- R v Childs – fraud against Libyan Investment Authority
Contact team
The Team
Henry Blaxland QC
Year of Call: 1978
Year of Silk: 2002
Bernard Tetlow QC
Year of Call: 1984
Year of Silk: 2011
Ali Naseem Bajwa QC
Year of Call: 1993
Year of Silk: 2011
Peter Wilcock QC
Year of Call: 1988
Year of Silk: 2012
Di Middleton QC
Year of Call: 1997
Year of Silk: 2017
David Emanuel QC
Year of Call: 1996
Year of Silk: 2019
Keir Monteith QC
Year of Call: 1994
Year of Silk: 2019
Marguerite Russell
Year of Call: 1972
