Wozniak & Chablicz v Poland (2020)
Lead case on rule of law in Poland.
"A lawyer with a sharp brain and the determination to seek out every decent point in a case. She really fights for her clients."
Chambers UK 2020: Financial Crime
"My heart sank when I saw she was my opponent because the courts trust her, listen to her, and she knows exactly which buttons to press. She is brilliant at what she does."
Chambers UK 2020: Extradition
"Obviously superb, she has a huge wealth of European law knowledge and a lovely personable manner. She is forensic in her focus on the issues in a case."
Chambers UK 2020: Extradition
"A silk with class."
Legal 500 2020: International &and Extradition
"She's intellectually streets ahead of everyone else in the room."
Chambers UK 2019: Financial Crime
To instruct Helen please contact our Clerks on +44 (0)20 7400 6400 or email clerks@3rblaw.com.
Helen Malcolm QC is recognised in the directories for her expertise in international criminal law, particularly in the areas of corporate fraud, corruption and extradition.
She is a formidable advocate and excels at appellate work. She has acted in many of the leading financial crime and extradition cases in recent years; and in allied civil proceedings. Recent work includes sanctions enquiries.
She trains judges and advocates in the UK and abroad, has taught criminal law at Oxford University, and has been for many years an Archbold Editor in corporate crime.
Trained in commercial mediation and international arbitration.
She was instructed in the very first European Arrest Warrant case in the UK and now lectures and advises on the effect of Brexit on European extraditions. She was counsel for Augusto Pinochet in Spain’s request for his extradition, and represented an alleged genocidaire in the Rwandan extradition. Acted for Azerbaijan in their request for a lady who had spent £18m in Harrods; and undertook the leading cases on Polish fair trials and on Lithuanian prison conditions. Regularly lectures on extradition (including post Brexit) to those in the corporate and financial worlds.
Lead case on rule of law in Poland.
$1bn fraud on Punjabi national bank.
Effect of Covid-19 on Extradition Orders.
Conflict of jurisdiction.
Lead case on disaggregation and specialty in Romania.
US extradition request in the Abraaj litigation.
Lead case on Lithuanian prison conditions.
Lead case on fair trials in Poland in view of changes to judiciary there.
Fraud/money laundering allegation with losses in region of £20m (largely spent in Harrods).
She acts both for and against the Serious Fraud Office, the Financial Conduct Authority and the Crown Prosecution Service in large scale fraud and corruption cases, particularly those with substantial international elements. She appears for the Revenue in international tax enquiries and tribunal hearings. She has advised the House of Lords Select Committees on international (particularly EU) criminal law.
Foreign corruption investigation of Airbus subsidiary.
Allegations of bribery in relation to medicine procurement in NHS.
First prosecution of corruption under the Bribery Act in relation to private corporations.
£100m tax fraud relating to carbon emissions under Kyoto Agreement.
Russian money laundering and corruption case involving European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Lead case on reviewing the issue of search warrants in tax investigation by HMRC.
Corruption enquiry ending in SFO's largest civil recovery order.
MTIC case before Tax Tribunal.
MTIC fraud in VAT Tribunal, Chancery Division and Court of Appeal (Civil Division), now a leading case.
She has advised extensively (both defendants and prosecuting authorities) on mutual legal assistance and on the seeking of evidence and assets overseas. She advises witnesses, victims and prosecuting authorities on freezing of assets, confiscation, compensation and asset recovery. She obtained one of the UK’s largest compensation orders (£21m) for a victim of fraud. She also acts for defendants and third party owners of assets, the subject of attempted seizure by the authorities. She advises on Legal Professional Privilege, in UK and offshore.
She trains advocates and judges abroad in human rights and counter terrorism for the Council of Europe, the UN and the EU; and teaches advocacy in this country and internationally. She assists and advises the Bar Council in relation to amendments to criminal law proposed by the European Commission; is the UK’s representative on the CCBE Criminal Law Committee and is Vice President of the European Criminal Law Association.
Currently advising in multi national MLA request.
Multi million pound mutual assistance request relating to alleged proceeds of crime abroad.
Litigation regarding international mutual assistance in case alleging corruption in granting of mining licences in West Africa.
To instruct Helen please contact our Clerks on +44 (0)20 7400 6400 or email clerks@3rblaw.com.
“A lawyer with a sharp brain and the determination to seek out every decent point in a case. She really fights for her clients.” Chambers UK 2020: Financial Crime
“My heart sank when I saw she was my opponent because the courts trust her, listen to her, and she knows exactly which buttons to press. She is brilliant at what she does.” Chambers UK 2020: Extradition
“Obviously superb, she has a huge wealth of European law knowledge and a lovely personable manner. She is forensic in her focus on the issues in a case.” Chambers UK 2020: Extradition
“A silk with class.” Legal 500 2020: International Crime & Extradition
“Advises with great clarity, has a reassuring manner and is very impressive.”
“A hard-working and industrious silk, who really gets stuck in. Clients like her as she takes command of a case from the off.” Chambers UK 2019: Extradition
“A hardworking and efficient barrister who is eloquent in court.” Legal 500 2019
“She is a real class act who is increasingly busy, prosecuting as much as defending.” “Impressive and a pleasure to work with.” Chambers UK 2018: Financial Crime
“She is really top drawer and a very engaging speaker.” “Responsive, personable, and someone with good client skills, she is at her very best in appellate proceedings.” “So commanding and fantastically clever.” Chambers UK 2018: Extradition
“Solicitors praise her for her attention to detail and client care.” Legal 500 2017: Fraud
“A heavyweight extradition practitioner, who provides outstanding advocacy and really good strategic advice.” Legal 500 2017: International Crime & Extradition
“Extremely clever and extremely hard working, she instils considerable confidence in clients.” “She comes into her own for appellate proceedings, is pleasant to work with and responsive. When complex issues are to be addressed, she stands out as a result of her great intelligence.” Chambers UK 2017: Financial Crime
“She combines her mastery of extradition with her capabilities in fraud law.” “She has great gravitas and commands a lot of respect from other counsel and the court.” “The most hard-working QC and just so dependable, she is absolutely the safest set of hands you could ever want and very clever.” Chambers UK 2017: Extradition
I, Helen Malcolm, am a data controller and can be contacted at 3 Raymond Buildings, Gray’s Inn, London WC1R 5BH or by telephone on 020 7400 6400 or by email at helen.malcolm@3rblaw.com. My Data Protection Policy can be found below.
All personal data that I process is for the purposes of providing legal services, conducting conflict-checks, marketing, defending potential complaints, legal proceedings or fee disputes, keeping anti-money laundering records, training other barristers and pupils and when providing work-shadowing opportunities, and/or exercising a right to a lien. The types of data I process vary upon the nature of the legal matter in relation to which I am engaged to advise or otherwise participate, but can include names, contact details, biographic details and ‘special category personal data’ (such as details of racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, health, sex life and criminal convictions and proceedings).
Depending upon the circumstances of the case, the legal bases upon which I process personal data are (i) the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract, (ii) the processing is necessary to comply with legal obligations to which I am subject, or (iii) the processing is necessary for the legitimate interests set out above, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subjects which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child. When I rely on (iii) legitimate interests, my ‘Legitimate Interests Assessment’ can be found here. When I process data which has not be obtained directly from the data subject (e.g. personal data contained in evidential materials), it will have been supplied to me as part of my instructions in circumstances covered by legal professional privilege.
Depending upon the circumstances of the case, I may share the personal data with:
I retain personal data for no longer than 7 years after the case has come to an end or as otherwise required by law.
I do not intend to transfer data to any country which is not either within the European Union, ‘white listed’ by the EU or otherwise permitted by EU law (e.g. to the USA under the provisions of the ‘Privacy Shield’).
Under the GDPR, data subjects whose personal data I process have the right to request from me access to, and rectification or erasure of, their personal data, the right to the restriction of processing concerning them, the right to object to processing as well as the right to data portability. Data subjects also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ico.org.uk).
In cases where there is a contract between me and the data subject, the provision of personal data is a contractual requirement and the data subject is obliged to provide the personal data in order that I can supply legal services. A failure to provide such data may mean that I will not be able to provide the legal services.
Rev 1.1 – 18.07.2018
Helen Malcolm QC is qualified to accept instructions direct from clients under the Bar Council’s Public Access Scheme. This means that members of the public who seek specialist advice can come direct to him. In addition, he welcomes instructions from solicitors, in-house law departments, qualified foreign lawyers, and clients licensed by the Bar Council to give instructions direct to barristers under the Bar Council’s Licensed Access Scheme.
For further information please contact our Clerks.
15th February 2021
Organised by the Global Legal Action Network, Helen Malcolm QC is speaking on Friday 19th February at 15:30. Click...
3rd February 2021
On 27 January 2021 Helen Malcolm QC led Joshua Kern in a Preliminary Reference from a court in England and Wales to the...
20th January 2021
The Administrative Court handed down judgment in the lead case on specialty and the disaggregation of sentences in...
20th January 2021
On 20 January 2021, the Divisional Court dismissed five applications for habeas corpus in which it had been argued by...
6th January 2021
Chambers warmly congratulates those newly, and re-appointed, to the latest SFO Panel Counsel teams. The full list of...
28th October 2020
The Court of Appeal allowed an appeal by the Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police, and the Police Federation,...
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