News: Financial Crime

Convictions in the latest Libor trial brought by the SFO

James Hines QC was lead trial counsel in the latest Libor trial brought by the SFO having been briefed in 2012. Jay...

12th July 2016

Convictions in largest insider dealing case brought by FCA

Neil Saunders was a member of the prosecution team that saw the convictions of Martyn Dodgson and Andrew Hind after a four...

16th May 2016

Third Libor trial begins

The trial against fiver former Barclays employees has begun at Southwark Crown Court. The defendants are charged with...

8th April 2016

Eurostar clerk acquitted in Operation Boromo

A Eurostar bookings clerk has been acquitted of conspiring to defraud numerous Government agencies, causing losses in the...

26th January 2016

Flash crash trader freed on bail

A UK trader accused of contributing to the 2010 US "flash crash" has been freed on bail after his conditions were changed. ...

14th August 2015

Former Swift executives acquitted after two month trial

Three former executives at Swift, the oil and gas manpower provider, were acquitted on charges relating to alleged corruption...

29th May 2015

Navinder Singh Sarao appears in Court

James Lewis QC represented Navinder Singh Sarao today at Westminster Magistrates Court, A UK trader accused of contributing...

7th May 2015

Costs awarded against SFO

The SFO has been ordered to pay costs arising from the failed "Celtic" prosecution (R v Evans & Others) on the basis that...

13th February 2015

Hedge fund founder guilty of fraud

After a 3 month trial, Magnus Peterson, founder of the Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund, has been found guilty of eight...

20th January 2015