Crime

An impressive senior junior, Adam has extensive experience at all levels of the criminal courts, including the House of Lords. He also offers particular expertise in judicial reviews. Career highlights include R v Bow Street Magistrates' Court, which tested the validity of defective indictments, and Fehily, McAdden & Clarke v Governor of Wandsworth Prison – a leading judgement on time limits in section 51 cases.

Adam is a specialist in cases involving disclosure of foreign evidence – conducted cases in the US District Court in Palm Beach, US Court of Appeals 11th Circuit and US Supreme Court as well as in Australia, Norway, Belgium and Germany.

Fraud & Financial Crime

A seasoned fraud and financial crime specialist, Adam’s recent cases include R v Buckland & others, where he successfully defended in a £2 billion Customs & Excise diversion fraud, R v D’Arcy & others, the “Millennium Dome” fraud, and R v Vent & others, a global internet piracy case. Adam’s advice is also much sought after in cases involving the disclosure of foreign evidence, and he has appeared before a range of courts across the US, Australia and Europe.

Reported Cases

United Kingdom v United States of America (2001) 238 F.3d 1312 (international disclosure)
R v Inner London Crown Court ex p. Sogbesan [2002] Crim LR 748 (sentencing in dishonesty cases)
R v Bow Street Magistrates' Court ex p. Salubi [2002] Crim LR 111 (validity of defective indictments)
Fehily, McAdden & Clarke v Govenor of Wandsworth Prison [2002] Crim LR 133 (leading case on time limits in Section 51 cases)

Other Notable Cases

R v Buckland & Ors, Kingston Crown Court – successfully defended in a £2b Customs & Excise diversion fraud
R v Martins & Ors, Southwark Crown Court – successfully defended in an international Amex card cloning case
R v D’Arcy & Ors, Southwark Crown Court – successfully defended in a large NMEC (Millennium Dome) fraud
R v Vent & Ors, Central Criminal Court – led for defence in worldwide internet piracy case
R v Halai & Ors, Kingston Crown Court – led for first defendant in an international fake Viagra fraud

Corporate Crime and Financial Regulatory

Adam has established a thriving defence practice which has taken him as far afield as Australia and the US Supreme Court where he advised on matters concerning the disclosure of foreign evidence. He recently appeared in the Millennium Dome corruption case and is regularly instructed in matters of serious nature.

Publications

Resolving Disagreement in Special Educational Needs: A Practical Guide to Conciliation and Mediation Routledge Falmer 2003

A Defence Perspective on Obtaining Foreign Evidence [2001] 3 Archbold News

How to Prepare and Present a Mediation, In Brief Magazine, September 2000

The Child Witness Pack, Educational Psychology in Practice, July 1999

Seminars & Training

Lectured on Human Rights & Criminal Law for the Open University/College of Law undergraduate course.
Taught advocacy as an outside practitioner to the BPP Bar Vocational Course and external examiner for Criminal Litigation to BPP QLTT course.

Professional Memberships

Criminal Bar Association
South Eastern Circuit
Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA)

Education

LLB(Hons) Nottingham Law School
Ilford County High School