33 Chancery Lane ‘Number 1 Set for POCA and Asset Recovery’ Third Year Running
Chambers is extremely proud to announce that Chambers and Partners Guide to the Profession 2013 has ranked 33 Chancery Lane as the number one set in the field of POCA and Asset Recovery for the third year running: The entry reads: THE SET The Chambers of Andrew Mitchell was set up in 2008 for the express purpose of handling work arising [...]
Three Members of Chambers Provide Their Expertise on Commercial and Financial Wrongdoing
On Monday 25th June 2012 Barry Stancombe, Abigail Coghill-Smith and Fiona Jackson addressed an audience of lawyers, financial investigators and accountants in Cardiff, in conjunction with POCLA and PKF Accountants and Business Advisors, in a seminar entitled “Proceeds of Crime: Ten Years On”. In workshops covering the topics of Bribery and Corruption, the Government’s proposals [...]
Barry Stancombe Joins 33 Chancery Lane
We are very pleased to announce that Barry Stancombe will be joining Chambers on 16th April 2012. Barry is a specialist in asset forfeiture and proceeds of crime particularly in the areas of restraint, receivership, confiscation, commercial fraud and money laundering. He has also a civil law and commercial law practice. Barry is recommended in [...]
Joanna Torode Appointed to Attorney General’s Panel of Counsel
Chambers is delighted to announce that Joanna Torode has been appointed to the Attorney General’s C Panel (Civil) Joanna’s principal areas of practice are commercial wrongdoing; insolvency and public law, including judicial review and human rights. She provides advice and advocacy services in all areas of commercial and financial wrongdoing. Recent cases have included allegations [...]
Winter News 2011 – Chambers Magazine Available to Download
The new issue of Chambers’ Magazine can be downloaded here: It includes articles by Andrew Mitchell QC and Penny Small and a guest article by Don Mavin of Mavin Co. Also inside is news of awards that Chambers’ have won, litigation we have been involved in and Simon Taylor’s Profile.
Gale and Others v Serious Organised Crime Agency “The Voicing of Suspicions”
A Study of Gale and Others v Serious Organised Crime Agency [2011] UKSC 49 by Andrew Mitchell QC and Jonathan Lennon. On 26th October 2011 the Supreme Court gave judgment in the first Part V [civil recovery] case Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (“POCA”) to reach the highest court in the land. There were two distinct issues in [...]
Chambers and Partners 2012 – 33 Chancery Lane Voted #1
Chambers and Partners 2012 has now been published. We are delighted to announce that we have been voted the number 1 leading set in POCA work and Asset Forfeiture. The entry reads: THE SET This small, strong and high-quality specialist set of 19 barristers was formed especially to handle work arising from criminal and commercial wrongdoing and has all but cornered [...]
Andrew Mitchell QC to Chair, Martin Evans to Speak at Lexis Nexis Bribery Conference
On 25 October 2011 Andrew Mitchell QC will chair the Lexis-Nexis conference on Anti-Corruption and Bribery. The event will be: “a thorough examination of the latest law surrounding anti-corruption and bribery and an in-depth look at the effect of the new Bribery Act now that it is in force.” Martin Evans will speak on civil claims and asset [...]
Fiona Jackson Speaks at International Association for Asset Recovery’s Cross-Border Asset Tracing and Recovery Conference
Fiona Jackson presented two lectures today at the International Association for Asset Recovery’s inaugural Cross-Border Asset Tracing and Recovery Conference in London. Launching the London Chapter of the IAAR, the Conference brought to the UK the IAAR’s specialist knowledge in recovering assets derived from illegal activity and Fiona joined a distinguished panel of speakers. In [...]
33CL June Magazine
The June edition of this month’s magazine has been published and can be downloaded here: This issue include contributions from Kennedy Talbot and BCL Burton Copeland’s Robert Lawrie. As ever if you wish to be added to our distribution list please email Sophie Collier.
Civil Forfeiture: The Monster that ate Jurisprudence?
Last week saw argument in the Supreme Court in SOCA v Gale (UKSC 2010/191). Speeches have yet to be delivered but the case raised interesting questions as to whether civil forfeiture laws are really criminal and so their compatibility with the ECHR. Kennedy Talbot explores the issue, the history of forfeiture and takes a look [...]
Andrew Mitchell QC in Supreme Court: Gale and another v Serious Organised Crime Agency
Andrew Mitchell QC will appear in the Supreme Court in the week commencing 23 May 2011. The case can be watched live on-line here: Issue Whether Article 6 ECHR requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt in civil recovery proceedings where allegations of criminal conduct are made against a defendant. If not, whether there are ever circumstances, [...]
Andrew Mitchell QC Speaks at Asset Recovery, Fraud and Tracing Conference, Dubai
Andrew Mitchell QC spoke at the C5 asset recovery and fraud conference in Dubai on 25 January 2011 on the cross over between civil and criminal relief, bribery and corruption and confiscation. Click here: for a copy of the submitted paper. Andrew spoke with Orlando Vidal from SNR Denton during a panel chaired by Keith [...]
Join us in Dubai on 24 January 2011 for a Special Chambers’ Reception
Seven Members of Chambers will be in Dubai from 23 to 25 January 2011. Andrew Mitchell QC will be speaking at the C5 conference ‘Fraud, Asset Tracing and Recovery in the Middle East’ on the topic of ‘Bribery and Corruption’. We are holding a reception for UK, US and Arab law firms in the early [...]
Bribery and Corruption: 33 Chancery Lane’s Unique Advantages
Since the Bribery Bill became the Bribery Act almost everyone in the legal services industry has claimed an expertise. Professional consultancies have sprung up alongside established Solicitors’ Firms and Barristers’ Chambers offering compliance audits for multi-national companies worried about the impact of the new Act. Criminal Prosecution We can lay claim to having actual bribery [...]
Guidance by the Attorney General on when POCA Civil Powers Should be Used
The Proceeds Of Crime Act 2002 Joint guidance given by the Secretary of State and Her Majesty’s Attorney General on when to use civil powers to recover the proceeds of crime has been published on-line. The Secretary of State to the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), the Attorney General to the Director of Public Prosecutions, the [...]
Mark Rainsford QC to Speak at Butterworths Proceeds of Crime Conference
This conference is a “must-attend event for anyone involved in the prosecution or defence of cases with POCA implications”. The expert speaker panel includes Mark Rainsford QC, Trevor Millington OBE and Jeremy Rawlins of the Crown Prosecution Service who will analyse the latest cases and practical developments. Butterworths describes the conference in the following way: “This popular [...]
The Relationship Between Criminal Prosecution and Civil Recovery
Kennedy Talbot writes in the Civil Litigation Publication “Solutions” on the relationship between Criminal Prosecution and Civil Recovery. It makes for essential reading for anyone who deals with financial wrongdoing and gives an insight into Prosecutors’ new strategic thinking. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AND CIVIL RECOVERY Criminal prosecutions, particularly paper intensive fraud, corruption and money [...]
3 Members of Chambers to Speak at CLT Asset Recovery, Restraint, Confiscation and Civil Recovery Conference
Andrew Mitchell QC, Martin Evans and Ivan Pearce will speak at CLT’s Asset Recovery, Confiscation and Civil Recovery Conference on 12 October 2010. The interactive, case study based day brings together leading practitioners in this area of law, to provide insights into the options available to both defenders and prosecutors. Lord Justice Hughes, Vice-President of [...]
POCA Confiscation Case Law Compendium
Chambers’ case law update, produced by Linda Saunt, is a detailed 60+ page run through of all of the important proceeds of crime act cases in the last 2 years. It is essential reading for every POCA practitioner and gives an excellent insight into Chambers’ wealth of knowledge and experience. “AUGUST 2010 UPDATE ON CRIMINAL PROCEEDS JURISPRUDENCE [...]
POCLA Conference: Copenhagen
The Second Proceeds of Crime Act Lawyers Association International Event will be held on 17 September 2010 in Copenhagen. There will be a line up of experienced and eminent speakers from around the world sharing their views on the changing face of international asset recovery, restraint and confiscation. This year our speakers include: Robert J. Cleary, [...]
Civil Recovery v Confiscation
The civil recovery provisions of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 are a powerful weapon in the State’s armoury, designed to tackle criminal profit making. Andrew Mitchell QC and Linda Saunt explore the interplay between criminal confiscation and civil recovery. THE INCREASING USE OF CIVIL RECOVERY RATHER THAN PROSECUTION Has there been an increase? Should there [...]
Our Civil Recovery Work
The Government is determined to use the courts to recover the proceeds of crime. The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 introduced, for the first time, comprehensive powers to recover criminal proceeds in the civil courts without prosecution or conviction. The power to bring such proceedings was initially vested in the Assets Recovery Agency. That has [...]
Mitchell, Taylor and Talbot
Mitchell, Taylor and Talbot is the leading work on asset recovery and the proceeds of crime. Almost every member of Chambers contributes. It is referred to across the legal profession and regularly by the Courts. Offering unrivalled guidance on all there is to know about confiscation, it explains the law as it relates to restraint, [...]
