R v P (2023)
PG represented the MPS officer responsible for West End licensing prosecuted under the Bribery Act for advantages received from club owners and security companies in return for preferential treatment.
Eddie Holland
Senior Clerk
Emma Makepeace
Deputy Senior Clerk
Patrick Gibbs KC is recognised by Chambers UK, Chambers 100 and Legal 500 as one of the leading silks in Crime, Fraud, Inquests, Public Inquiries and Professional Discipline.
Patrick is renowned for his work as advisor and advocate across a wide range of criminal, regulatory, disciplinary and public inquiry proceedings.
Main areas of practice:
PG represented the MPS officer responsible for West End licensing prosecuted under the Bribery Act for advantages received from club owners and security companies in return for preferential treatment.
SFO investigation into alleged corruption in Africa.
SFO investigation into alleged corruption.
PG represented an election agent accused of election expenses fraud during the 2015 General Election, in contested proceedings in the Crown Court, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.
PG represented a British individual accused of corporate corruption in Hungary in the award to a French company of a public infrastructure contract.
SFO prosecution of a controversial fund raising by UK bank.
Corrupti on investigation in Brazil.
SFO investigation concerning Saudi Arabia.
PG represented the Crown in the prosecution of a member of the House of Lords in connection with Parliamentary expenses.
PG represented the former editor of the News of The World in his abandoned retrial for conspiring to make illegal payments to police officers for royal household directories.
PG represented an MoD official accused of selling information to a senior correspondent of the Sun newspaper.
British Aerospace ‘corruption’ PG represented the only individual charged by the SFO in its investigation into corruption in the award of British Aerospace contracts
PG represents the SCO19 specialist firearms officer charged with Murder for shooting Mr Chris Kaba.
PG represented an actor accused of sexual offences.
Husband and wife mercy killing indicted as Murder and resolved by suspended sentence. PG represented the accused husband.
PG represented the police officer responsible for West End licensing prosecuted for receiving bribes from club owners and security companies in return for preferential treatment.
PG represented a woman accused of the Murder of her young child and convicted of Infanticide as an alternative to Manslaughter.
PG represented a police driver prosecuted for 'causing' the deaths of a young family run down by the criminal whose stolen car he was pursuing on blue lights and sirens.
PG represented and continues to represent individuals accused of drugs and firearms offences on the strength of Encrochat data recovered by the NCA.
PG PG represented a solicitor/judge charged with Conspiracy to Defraud the public purse, in three contested jury trials across three years.
PG represented a uniformed officer charged with the Murder of Dalian Atkinson following Taser discharge.
Advising on criminal issues in Family Court proceedings between a husband and wife
PG represented an individual charged under FSMA with destroying electronic documents during an insider dealing search.
PG represented an individual indicted for Extinction Rebellion protest at Canary Wharf.
Resisting a private prosecution arising out of High Court proceedings concerning Moscow real estate.
SFO investigation into alleged corruption.
PG represented a judge accused of a computer offence.
PG represented a CEO accused of income tax evasion (sideways loss relief film scheme).
PG represented an election agent accused of election expenses fraud during the 2015 General Election, in contested proceedings in the Crown Court, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.
PG represented a British individual accused of corporate corruption in Hungary in the award to a French company of a public infrastructure contract.
SFO prosecution of a controversial fund raising by UK bank.
Corruption investigation in Brazil.
SFO investigation concerning Saudi Arabia.
PG represented a City solicitor accused of income tax evasion (capital loss relief various schemes).
PG represented a custody sergeant accused of gross negligence manslaughter and misconduct in public office following the death in his custody of Mr Thomas Orchard.
PG represented the Crown in the prosecution of a member of the House of Lords in connection with Parliamentary expenses.
PG represented a fund manager accused of insider dealing via offshore accounts.
PG represented a mother accused of murdering her 19 day old child by shaking and other assaults.
PG represented a man convicted of an historic rape in his fresh evidence appeal and then at re-trial.
PG represented a custody sergeant accused of perjury in his evidence at an inquest following the death in his custody of Mr Sean Rigg.
PG represented a businessman accused of laundering money between India and the UK.
PG represented an investment banker accused of income tax evasion (sideways loss relief film scheme).
PG represented the former editor of the News of The World in his abandoned retrial for conspiring to make illegal payments to police officers for royal household directories.
PG represented company accused of Corporate Manslaughter in the construction industry.
PG represented a barrister accused of perverting the course of justice in the Huhne/Pryce affair.
PG represented the ‘Plebgate’ officer accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice in connection with Andrew Mitchell MP.
PG represented a market professional accused of insider dealing.
PG represented a G4S guard accused of the Manslaughter of Jimmy Mubenga on the runway at LHR in the course of his deportation to Angola.
PG represented the Crown in the prosecution of two conmen accused of murdering a wealthy single woman, concealing her body, hijacking her identity, impersonating her and draining her assets.
PG represented an MoD official accused of selling information to a senior correspondent of the Sun newspaper.
PG represented a Detective Chief Inspector accused of misconduct in public office in connection with the ‘phone hacking’ investigation.
PG represented a man accused of betting with inside information from JPMC and UBS.
PG represented the police officer accused of the manslaughter of Mr Ian Tomlinson.
PG represented a man accused of betting with inside information from JPMC and UBS.
British Aerospace ‘corruption’ PG represented the only individual charged by the SFO in its investigation into corruption in the award of British Aerospace contracts.
PG represented a singer alleged to have assaulted another performer at a charity event.
Armed robberies PG represented a man alleged to have committed a number of armed robberies.
Iran military embargo PG represented a man accused of trading military hardware to Iran during hostilities in Iraq.
PG represented the finance director of a group of the Imperial Consolidated group of mutual funds alleged to have been responsible for falsification of public accounts.
PG represented an escrow agent alleged to have conspired to defraud the Bank of England with counterfeit currency.
PG represented the alpine guide alleged to have been criminally liable for the death of a climber customer who disappeared in extreme conditions near the summit of Mount Everest.
PG represented a director alleged to have traded fraudulently in the demise of the Legacies, Willsand Probate group.
PG represented an individual accused of placing spread bets based on price sensitive information from the CSFB control room.
PG represented an IFA alleged to have promoted an illegal offshore scheme designed to release pension funds without corresponding purchase of annuities.
PG represented a director alleged to have committed MTIC fraud by trading in microprocessorsin this headline VAT carousel prosecution.
SFO investigation into alleged fraud
HMRC investigation into foreign online betting
PG represented a solicitor/judge charged with Conspiracy to Defraud the public purse, in three contested jury trials across three years.
PG represented an individual charged under FSMA with destroying electronic documents during an insider dealing search.
SFO investigation into alleged corruption.
PG represented a CEO accused of income tax evasion (sideways loss relief film scheme).
PG represented an election agent accused of election expenses fraud during the 2015 General Election, in contested proceedings in the Crown Court, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.
PG represented a British individual accused of corporate corruption in Hungary in the award to a French company of a public infrastructure contract.
SFO prosecution of a controversial fund raising by UK bank.
Corruption investigation in Brazil.
SFO investigation concerning Saudi Arabia.
PG represented a City solicitor accused of income tax evasion (capital loss relief various schemes).
PG represented the Crown in the prosecution of a member of the House of Lords in connection with Parliamentary expenses.
PG represented a fund manager accused of insider dealing via offshore accounts.
PG represented a businessman accused of laundering money between India and the UK.
PG represented an investment banker accused of income tax evasion (sideways loss relief film scheme).
PG represented a market professional accused of insider dealing.
PG represented an MoD official accused of selling information to a senior correspondent of the Sun newspaper.
PG represented a man accused of betting with inside information from JPMC and UBS.
PG represented a man accused of betting with inside information from JPMC and UBS.
British Aerospace ‘corruption’. PG represented the only individual charged by the SFO in its investigation into corruption in the award of British Aerospace contracts.
PG represented the finance director of a group of the Imperial Consolidated group of mutual funds alleged to have been responsible for falsification of public accounts.
PG represented an escrow agent alleged to have conspired to defraud the Bank of England with counterfeit currency.
PG represented a director alleged to have traded fraudulently in the demise of the Legacies, Willsand Probate group.
PG represented an individual accused of placing spread bets based on price sensitive information from the CSFB control room.
PG represented an IFA alleged to have promoted an illegal offshore scheme designed to release pension funds without corresponding purchase of annuities.
PG represented a director alleged to have committed MTIC fraud by trading in microprocessorsin this headline VAT carousel prosecution.
PG represented company accused of Corporate Manslaughter in the construction industry.
PG represented the senior investigating officer in a Public Inquiry into the Gibraltar Chief Minister's role in the early retirement of the Commissioner of Police.
PG represented the family of a motorcyclist killed by a US national who was driving on the wrong side of the road near a US base at RAF Croughton.
PG represents an individual assisting a Public Inquiry into historic covert surveillance by the UK police.
PG represented the original investigating officers in a resumed inquest into the gangland assassination of a young woman in 2023.
PG represented British Transport Police and its officers in the public inquiry into the deaths of 22 adults and children murdered at a concert in 2017.
Advising significant individuals giving evidence to the inquiry.
PG represented NCOs accused of bullying a recruit who committed suicide at the Queen Victoria barracks in Deepcut in 1995.
PG represented TVP officers in an inquest into the death in their custody of a suspect who had stuffed and swallowed his stock of crack cocaine.
PG represented the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation at the inquest into the death of Alexander Litvinenko).
PG advised Guardian News and Media in a public inquiry into the culture and practices of the UK media.
PG represented the police officer said to have been responsible for the death of Mr Tomlinson while policing the G20 riots in the City of London.
PG represented the British Transport Police and its witnesses in the inquest into the deaths of 52 people murdered on the London public transport system.
PG represented the widow of a barrister shot to death by police officers in his flat in Chelsea.
PG represented the Special Branch and MoD officers responsible for the surveillance of a man mistakenly shot to death by police officers in Stockwell.
PG represented the inspector in charge of the Haringey Child Protection Team responsible for a child who was murdered by her aunt.
Resisting a private prosecution arising out of High Court proceedings concerning Moscow real estate.
PG represented the alpine guide alleged to have been criminally liable for the death of a climber customer who disappeared in extreme conditions near the summit of Mount Everest.
PG represents the SCO19 specialist firearms officer charged with Murder for shooting Mr Chris Kaba.
PG represented a police driver prosecuted for 'causing' the deaths of a young family run down by the criminal whose stolen car he was pursuing on blue lights and sirens.
Advising British Transport Police.
PG represented uniformed officers accused of misconduct during the unlawful killing of Mr Dalian Atkinson.
PG represented a custody sergeant accused of misconduct following the death in his custody of Mr Sean Rigg, a detained person at Brixton police station.
PG represented a judge accused of a computer offence.
PG represented a custody sergeant accused of gross negligence manslaughter and misconduct in public office following the death in his custody of Mr Thomas Orchard.
PG represented a custody sergeant accused of perjury in his evidence at an inquest following the death in his custody of Mr Sean Rigg.
PG represented a barrister accused of perverting the course of justice in the Huhne/Pryce affair.
PG represented the ‘Plebgate’ officer accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice in connection with Andrew Mitchell MP.
PG represented a Detective Chief Inspector accused of misconduct in public office in connection with the ‘phone hacking’ investigation.
PG represented the police officer accused of the manslaughter of Ian Tomlinson.
PG represented the senior investigating officer in a Public Inquiry into the Gibraltar Chief Minister's role in the early retirement of the Commissioner of Police.
PG represented the family of a motorcyclist killed by a US national who was driving on the wrong side of the road near a US base at RAF Croughton.
PG represents an individual assisting a Public Inquiry into historic covert surveillance by the UK police.
PG represented the original investigating officers in a resumed inquest into the gangland assassination of a young woman in 2003.
PG represented British Transport Police and its officers in the public inquiry into the deaths of 22 adults and children murdered at a concert in 2017.
Advising significant individuals giving evidence to the inquiry.
PG represented the British Transport Police in the inquest into the deaths of 22 adults and children murdered at a concert in 2017.
PG represented NCOs accused of bullying a recruit who committed suicide at the Queen Victoria barracks in Deepcut in 1995.
PG represented TVP officers in an inquest into the death in their custody of a suspect who had stuffed and swallowed his stock of crack cocaine.
PG represented the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation at the inquest into the death of Alexander Litvinenko).
PG advised Guardian News and Media in a public inquiry into the culture and practices of the UK media.
PG represented the police officer said to have been responsible for the death of Mr Tomlinson while policing the G20 riots in the City of London..
PG represented the British Transport Police and its witnesses in the inquest into the deaths of 52 people murdered on the London public transport system.
PG represented the widow of a barrister shot to death by police officers in his flat in Chelsea.
PG represented the Special Branch and MoD officers responsible for the surveillance of a man mistakenly shot to death by police officers in Stockwell.
PG represented the inspector in charge of the Haringey Child Protection Team responsible for a child who was murdered by her aunt.
Undercover Policing Inquiry (2024)
PG represents an individual assisting a Public Inquiry into historic covert surveillance by the UK police.
R v NX121 (2024)
PG represents the SCO19 specialist firearms officer charged with Murder for shooting Mr Chris Kaba.
McGrail Inquiry [Gibraltar] (2024)
PG represented the senior investigating officer in a Public Inquiry into the Gibraltar Chief Minister’s role in the early retirement of the Commissioner of Police.
Harry Dunn Inquest (2024)
PG represented the family of a motorcyclist killed by a US national who was driving on the wrong side of the road near a US base at RAF Croughton.
Entain/GVC (2024)
HMRC investigation into foreign online betting.
Rizvi Inquest (2023)
PG represented the original investigating officers in a resumed inquest into the gangland assassination of a young woman in 2003.
R v R (2023)
Husband and wife mercy killing indicted as Murder and resolved by suspended sentence. PG represented the accused husband.
R v S (2023)
PG represented an actor accused of sexual offences.
R v P (2023)
PG represented the MPS officer responsible for West End licensing prosecuted under the Bribery Act for advantages received from club owners and security companies in return for preferential treatment.
R v St G (2022)
PG represented a woman accused of the Murder of her young child and convicted of Infanticide as an alternative to Manslaughter.
R v W (2022)
PG represented a police driver prosecuted for ‘causing’ the deaths of a young family run down by the criminal whose stolen car he was pursuing on blue lights and sirens.
Encrochat (2022 – )
PG represented and continues to represent individuals accused of drugs and firearms offences on the strength of Encrochat data recovered by the NCA.
Glencore (2022 – )
SFO investigation into alleged corruption in Africa.
R v S (2020, 2021, 2022)
PG represented a solicitor/judge charged with Conspiracy to Defraud the public purse, in three contested jury trials across three years
Manchester Arena Inquiry (2019-2022)
PG represented British Transport Police and its officers in the public inquiry into the deaths of 22 adults and children murdered at a concert in 2017
R v M (2021)
PG represented a uniformed officer charged with Murder of Dalian Atkinson following Taser discharge
Al M (2019 – 2021)
Advising on criminal issues in Family Court proceedings between a husband and wife
Grenfell Tower Inquiry (2019-2021)
Advising significant individuals giving evidence to the inquiry
FCA v V (2020)
PG represented an individual charged under FSMA with destroying electronic documents during an insider dealing search
R v E (2020)
PG represented an individual indicted for Extinction Rebellion protest at Canary Wharf
D v C (2019)
Resisting a private prosecution arising out of High Court proceedings concerning Moscow real estate
PS W (2019)
PG represented a custody sergeant accused of misconduct following the death in his custody of Sean Rigg, a detainee at Brixton police station
Rolls Royce (2019)
SFO investigation into alleged corruption
R v X (2018)
PG represented a judge accused of a computer offence
R v R (2018)
PG represented a CEO accused of income tax evasion (sideways loss relief film scheme)
Sean Benton Inquest (2018)
PG represented NCOs accused of bullying a recruit who committed suicide at the Queen Victoria barracks in Deepcut in 1995
R v G (2018)
PG represented an election agent accused of election expenses fraud during the 2015 General Election, in contested proceedings in the Crown Court, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court
R v A (2018)
PG represented a British individual accused of corporate corruption in Hungary in the award to a French company of a public infrastructure contract
Barclays (Qatar) (2017)
SFO prosecution of a controversial fund raising by UK bank
Petrobas (2017)
Corruption investigation in Brazil
GPT Special Project Management Ltd (2017)
SFO investigation concerning Saudi Arabia
R v X (2017)
PG represented a City solicitor accused of income tax evasion (capital loss relief various schemes)
R v K (2017)
PG represented a custody sergeant accused of gross negligence manslaughter and misconduct in public office following the death in his custody of a Mr Thomas Orchard
R v Lord H (2016)
PG represented the Crown in the prosecution of a member of the House of Lords in connection with Parliamentary expenses
EURIBOR (2016)
FCA v L (2016)
PG represented a fund manager accused of insider dealing via offshore accounts
R v L (2016)
PG represented a mother accused of murdering her 19 day old child by shaking and other assaults
R v M (2016)
PG represented a man convicted of an historic rape in his fresh evidence appeal and then at re-trial
R v W (2016)
PG represented a custody sergeant accused of perjury in his evidence at an inquest following the death in his custody of Mr Sean Rigg
R v C (2015)
PG represented a businessman accused of laundering money between India and the UK
R v E (2015)
PG represented an investment banker accused of income tax evasion (sideways loss relief film scheme)
Ullah Inquest (2015)
PG represented TVP officers in an inquest into the death in their custody of a suspect who had stuffed and swallowed his stock of crack cocaine
R v C (2015)
PG represented the former editor of the News of The World in his abandoned retrial for conspiring to make illegal payments to police officers for royal household directories
R v CM Ltd (2014)
PG represented a company accused of Corporate Manslaughter in the construction industry
R v B (2014)
PG represented a barrister accused of perverting the course of justice in the Huhne/Pryce affair
R v PC W (2014)
PG represented the ‘Plebgate’ officer accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice in connection with Andrew Mitchell MP
FSA v S (2014)
PG represented a market professional accused of insider dealing
R v T (2014)
PG represented a G4S guard accused of the Manslaughter of Jimmy Mubenga on the runway at LHR in the course of his deportation to Angola
R v Bhayani (2013)
PG represented the Crown in the prosecution of two conmen accused of murdering a wealthy single woman, concealing her body, hijacking her identity, impersonating her and draining her assets
R v J-B (2013)
PG represented an MoD official accused of selling information to a senior correspondent of the Sun newspaper
SFO v H (2013)
PG represented the legal director and company secretary of Torex Retail plc, charged with conspiracy to defraud the group’s shareholders
R v DCI AC
2013
PG represented a Detective Chief Inspector accused of misconduct in public office in connection with the ‘phone hacking’ investigation
Litvinenko Inquest (2013)
PG represented the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation at the inquest into the death of Alexander Litvinenko)
FSA v J (2013)
(Insider dealing)
PG represented a man accused of betting with inside information from JPMC and UBS
R v PC H (2012)
PG represented the police officer accused of the manslaughter of Ian Tomlinson
FSA v S (2012)
(Insider dealing)
PG represented a man accused of betting with inside information from JPMC and UBS
Leveson Inquiry (2012)
PG advised Guardian News and Media in a public inquiry into the culture and practices of the UK media
Ian Tomlinson Inquest (2011)
PG represented the police officer said to have been responsible for the death of Mr Tomlinson while policing the G20 riots in the City of London
7/7 Bombings Inquest (2010)
PG represented the British Transport Police and its witnesses in the inquest into the deaths of 52 people murdered on the London public transport system
Mark Saunders Inquest (2010)
PG represented the widow of a barrister shot to death by police officers in his flat in Chelsea
SFO v M-P (2010)
British Aerospace ‘corruption’
PG represented the only individual charged by the SFO in its investigation into corruption in the award of British Aerospace contracts
R v AW (2009)
PG represented a singer alleged to have assaulted another performer at a charity event
R v S (2009)
(Armed robberies)
PG represented a man alleged to have committed a number of armed robberies
R v N (2009)
(Iran military embargo)
PG represented a man accused of trading military hardware to Iran during hostilities in Iraq
Jean Charles de Menezes Inquest (2008)
PG represented the Special Branch and MoD officers responsible for the surveillance of a man mistakenly shot to death by police officers in Stockwell
SFO v F (2007)
PG represented the finance director of a group of the Imperial Consolidated group of mutual funds alleged to have been responsible for falsification of public accounts
FPS v C (2007)
PG represented an escrow agent alleged to have conspired to defraud the Bank of England with counterfeit currency
R[Private Prosecutor] v S and others (2006)
PG represented the alpine guide alleged to have been criminally liable for the death of a climber customer who disappeared in extreme conditions near the summit of Mount Everest
SFO v W (2006)
PG represented a director alleged to have traded fraudulently in the demise of the Legacies, Wills and Probate group
SFO v Butt and Others (2004)
PG represented an individual accused of placing spread bets based on price sensitive information from the CSFB control room
Inland Revenue v Kumar and Others (2003)
PG represented an IFA alleged to have promoted an illegal offshore scheme designed to release pension funds without corresponding purchase of annuities
R v May and Others (2002)
PG represented a director alleged to have committed MTIC fraud by trading in microprocessors in this headline VAT carousel prosecution
Victoria Climbié Inquiry (2002)
PG represented the inspector in charge of the Haringey Child Protection Team responsible for a child who was murdered by her aunt
Eddie Holland
Senior Clerk
Emma Makepeace
Deputy Senior Clerk
Star at the Bar – Chambers UK 2020
Public Law Silk of the year – Legal 500 UK Awards 2019
Who’s Who Legal
Chambers 100 UK Bar 2014
Crime Silk of the year – Chambers and Partners Bar Awards 2010
I, Patrick Gibbs KC, 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 e-mail at patrick.gibbs@3rblaw.com. My Data Protection Policy can be found below.
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Depending on the circumstances of the case, the legal bases on 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 on 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’).
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Rev 1.1 7.06.2018
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