areas of prosecution
and defence work.
FRAUD WORK
Chambers has experience in acting
on behalf of individuals and companies
accused of fraud. Members are
regularly instructed prior to charge
and advise at the investigatory stages
on such matters as the seizure of
privileged material, legality of search
warrants, the approach to be taken
upon receipt of orders issued under
Sec 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987,
and the tactics to be deployed
pre-charge.
Members of Chambers have been
instructed in many of the leading
fraud trials of the last ten years
including, Wickes plc, Joyti De Laurey
(Goldman Sachs Fraud) (all S.F.O.
prosecutions) as well as a large
number of Inland Revenue, D.T.I.
and Customs and Excise frauds.
DEFENCE WORK
Members of chambers are frequently
instructed in defence cases where the
allegations are sensitive and/or high
profile. We are instructed on behalf
of various professional bodies to
represent their members and are
familiar with the demands made of defence advocates by clients.
High profile cases include, Stansted
Airport Highjacking, Michael Stone -
Chillingden Murders.
Defence expertise is broadly based
ranging from serious fraud, offences
against the person and property,
sexual offences and drugs offences
to the often complex, related matters
of confiscation of the proceeds of
crime and money laundering offences.
Barristers from these Chambers
regularly appear in the most high
profile criminal trials.
PROSECUTION WORK
A number of members prosecute on
behalf of the S.F.O. and we regularly
advise in cases of corporate and
involuntary manslaughter as well as
Health & Safety prosecutions.
Other professional clients include all
the public Prosecution authorities,
Government departments and legal
departments of Local Authorities.
Direct Professional Instructions
are accepted.
• Appellate & Human Rights
• Commercial, Corporate
• Financial Crime
• Courts Martial
• Coroners Inquests
• Drugs Offences
• Firearms Offences
• Forfeiture, Confiscation &
• Money Laundering
• Health & Safety Offences
• Mental Health Tribunals
• Murder / Corporate Manslaughter
• Prison Adjudications
• Professional Body, Disciplinary
• & Regulatory Tribunals
• Sexual Offences
• Terrorism
• Trade Description Offences
Valios & Boardman Chambers, 4 Breams Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, EC4A 1HP