Criminal Defence Lawyers

Criminal Litigation

• Police Station Representation: If you are asked to attend a voluntary interview, or you are arrested and detained at a police station, we provide expert police station representation to protect your rights.
• Sexual Offences: Our solicitors provide advice and representation to those facing allegations ranging from rape and child sex offences to possession of indecent images and historic sexual offences.
• GBH, ABH and Common Assault: Our criminal defence lawyers have over two decades of experience providing legal assistance to people facing allegations or charged with violent crimes.
• Drug offences: If you are charges for drug offences, our experienced team has represented clients in cases involving drug possession, intent to supply, and production of controlled substances.
• Driving Offences: We support clients facing allegations of driving offences, from speeding and drink driving to death by dangerous driving, guiding you through the legal process at every stage.
• Offences arising from Relationship Breakdowns: Our lawyers specialise in defending serious criminal allegations, including sexual and violent offences, stemming from relationship separations and disputes.

Regulatory Investigations

• Health & Safety Investigations: Our specialist lawyers help businesses navigate complex Health & Safety investigations, providing legal representation in relation to workplace incidents, fire safety and compliance investigations, including interviews under caution.
• Environment Agency Investigations: Our solicitors represent individuals and businesses subject to investigations or enforcement actions related to permit breaches, illegal waste activity, water pollution as well as non-compliance with Enforcement and Prohibition Notices.
• Food Safety Investigations & Prosecutions: Our solicitors have extensive experience representing restaurants, hotels, cafés, takeaways, mobile food vans, delivery only dark kitchens and caterers in investigations and prohibition orders.
• RSPCA Investigations & Prosecutions: Our team provides comprehensive legal representation for animal trainers, breeders and farmers facing allegations or charges of animal cruelty or neglect.
• Trading Standards investigations: Our solicitors defend businesses against a wide range of prosecutions and investigations, including managing dawn raids and representing clients in interviews under caution.

Financial Investigations

• White-Collar & Financial Crime: Our criminal defence lawyers provide expert representation across a broad spectrum of fraud investigations, including money laundering, bribery, insider trading, as well as emerging risks such as AI enabled fraud and crypto fraud.
• Tax & VAT Fraud Defence: Our criminal lawyers represent individuals and businesses facing high-stakes HMRC investigations relating to tax evasion and VAT fraud.
• Tax Avoidance Scheme Investigations: We represent individuals and businesses implicated in complex tax evasion or tax avoidance schemes, providing comprehensive legal support throughout a HMRC tax investigation.
• Code of Practice 9 (COP9): HMRC can initiate a COP9 if tax evasion is suspected. Our solicitors regularly support individuals and businesses dealing with the Contract Disclosure Facility, Outline Disclosure and Formal Disclosure in such serious tax investigations.
• Proceeds of Crime (POCA): Whether dealing with Restraint Orders, Confiscation Orders, Cash Seizures or Asset Forfeiture, our solicitors provide proactive and strategic legal support.
• Account Freezing Orders: We support individuals and corporate clients facing an Account Freezing Order (AFO), including challenging the AFO and securing the release of funds from frozen accounts.