Operation Maclura: R v PS (2024–2025)

Corporate Crime / Fraud – Led the politically sensitive prosecution of a former Solicitor of the Year for fraud in relation to £3m of Legal Aid arising from Iraq War claims. Managed complex LPP and crime/fraud privilege exception review and litigation. Convicted; confiscation ongoing.  Leading counsel.
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R v VL & ORS (2025)

Defendant used five identities and companies to fraudulently sell £8.5m in properties. Notable for high-value, multi-offence TICs and complex asset flows into prestige cars and yacht. Guilty pleas entered; sentencing pending.  Leading Mahesh Karu
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Operation Miching: R v W & ORS (2023-2026)

Prosecution of OCG that produced over 6.8 million counterfeit Xanax pills, sold online, and laundered proceeds via cryptocurrency. Total value exceeded £30m. Consecutive sentencing affirmed: [2023] EWCA Crim 1293.  Confiscation ongoing. Led Dominic Hockley
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Operation Surmised: R v LG (2025)

Alleged founder of ‘Chuckling Squad’ accused of targeting celebrities and high-profile accounts. Complex digital forensics and arguments on hearsay admissibility.

Operation Lizard: R v X (2025)

Alleged founder probate fraud accused of purchasing estate property at an undervalue. Complex legal argument on applicability of s4(1)(a) of the Fraud Act 2006. Leading Amy Oliver.

R v BF & ORS (2027)

Corporate Crime / FCA Prosecution – Defendant accused of defrauding £12m from a credit union, leading to £22m FSCS compensation. Charged with fraud by abuse of position and conspiracy to false account. Led by Jane Osborne KC
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R v AC (2023)

Defended company director of care home business in administration. Alleged fraudulent failure to pay employees’ PAYE and National Insurance. Acquittal, after prosecution offered no evidence. Leading counsel

Operation Elaborate: R v TF (2023-2026)

Cybercrime / Fraud – Prosecuted the mastermind of the £100m ‘iSpoof’ fraud website, UK’s largest cyberfraud sting. Addressed sentencing at the top of the scale. Consecutive 13-year sentence upheld in Court of Appeal: [2023] EWCA Crim 945.  Confiscation ongoing. Led James Caldwell.
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R v X & ORS (2024–2025)

Cybercrime / Fraud – OCG hacked accounting firms to submit false tax refund claims to HMRC. Convictions secured through integration of technical, financial, and expert evidence.  Leading counsel

Operation Belshazzar: R v JS & ORS (2020-2025)

Prosecution of Twelve-handed Class A drug conspiracies, arising out of Operation Venetic. Two trials and Newton hearing.  All convicted. Exceptional sentencing for ringleader. Confiscation and SCPO proceedings ongoing. Leading Edward Franklin

Operation Genie: R v JD & ORS (2025)

Organised Crime / Drugs – Five-handed cocaine importation case involving airport security insider. Two defendants already sentenced; remaining three convicted after trial involving heavy telecoms evidence; sentencing pending. Leading Charles Drinnan
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R v RM & ORS (2024)

Fraud / Environmental Crime – Defended first-listed in 33-count indictment for fraudulent trading and unlawful waste disposal. Achieved sentencing on specific lower-value frauds in place of global fraudulent trading offences. Suspended sentence imposed.
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R v T (2022)

Private prosecution and responding to Appeal against Conviction. Macmillan Cancer Support v Toogood [2022] EWCA Crim 633.

Operation Hygrology: R v HI (2022)

Weapons / Terrorism – Attempted Glock barrel importation, planning for 3D weapon manufacture. Successfully referred for unduly lenient sentence after written advice. Sentence increased: [2022] EWCA Crim 1156.
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