Operation Kellington – represented a client charged with supply of cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin and cannabis and money laundering. The case involved a large scale organised and criminal network supplying drugs nationally. The drugs had a street value of £3 million. Our client was linked to the main defendant and was alleged to be a main player in the conspiracy. The operation involved extensive surveillance of our client and the main defendant living an extravagant lifestyle with purchasing expensive designer goods and living the high life. We prepared and presented strong mitigation as a result of which the judge departed from the sentencing guidelines and sentenced our client three and a half years imprisonment.
Operation Kellington – represented a client charged with supply of cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin and cannabis and money laundering. The case involved a large scale organised and criminal network supplying drugs nationally. The drugs had a street value of £3 million. Our client was linked to the main defendant and was alleged to be a main player in the conspiracy. The operation involved extensive surveillance of our client and the main defendant living an extravagant lifestyle with purchasing expensive designer goods and living the high life. We prepared and presented strong mitigation as a result of which the judge departed from the sentencing guidelines and sentenced our client three and a half years imprisonment.
Operation Carribou – We represent a client alleged to have been part of an organised criminal gang involved in large scale conspiracy to supply multiple firearms and ammunition. The Crown alleged that our client was at the top of the chain of a very large, sophisticated and organised crime network, which also involved the importation of class A drugs for commercial gain. After extensive scrutiny of the Crown case the allegation of supply of firearms was dropped.
Our client faced multiple trials for 3 counts of attempted murder. The allegations involved possession of a sawn off shot gun and the gang related shootings of rival gang members on three separate occasions over a period of several months. Our legal team prepared the case thoroughly and after extensive cross examination the complainants the jury acquitted our client on all 3 counts of attempted murder and possession of firearms.
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We represented a client regarding offences of conspiracy to manufacture and supply counterfeit designer clothing on an industrial scale. The Crowns case was that the conspiracy involved taking large scale orders from criminal organisations in the UK and manufacturing the designer clothing from factories in Turkey. Then shipping the unlabelled designer clothing to be labelled and sold to warehouse outlets in the UK.
We represented our client who was said to have played a leading role in a conspiracy to import and Supply Class A Drugs on a large scale nationally. The conspiracy was said to involve the importation and supply of Heroin through an extensive network of street level drug dealers through a drugs phoneline. The case involved an extensive investigation by the NCA and many months of surveillance of the client’s activities. The legal team managed to make a successful argument at trial for the Importation case to be dismissed.
We represented a client said to be part of a criminal organisation defrauding companies and businesses .The criminal organisation set up fictitious companies and then obtained lines of credit and opened multiple bank accounts and credit card accounts. There then followed a sophisticated laundering scheme where the monies were diverted into off shore accounts belonging to fictitious companies and individuals. We successfully made representations to the Crown to review the case based upon technical
Represented a client at initial stages in the investigation of an attempted murder and possession of a firearm. Upon an in depth analysis of presented evidence submissions were made on behalf of our client. The Crown eventually decided not to pursue our client and no further action was taken against him.
We represented a client alleged to have been involved in a sophisticated immigration fraud by examination transcripts being falsely submitted resulting in creating false certificates for visa purposes. A successful half time submission of no case to answer was made to the Court on the basis that the evidence was inconsistent, contradictory and incoherent.
Operation Carribou – We represent a client alleged to have been part of an organised criminal gang involved in large scale conspiracy to supply multiple firearms and ammunition. The Crown alleged that our client was at the top of the chain of a very large, sophisticated and organised crime network, which also involved the importation of class A drugs for commercial gain. After extensive scrutiny of the Crown case the allegation of supply of firearms was dropped.
Our client faced multiple trials for 3 counts of attempted murder. The allegations involved possession of a sawn off shot gun and the gang related shootings of rival gang members on three separate occasions over a period of several months. Our legal team prepared the case thoroughly and after extensive cross examination the complainants the jury acquitted our client on all 3 counts of attempted murder and possession of firearms.