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9 Carmelite Street
London EC4Y 0DR
Tel: 020 7936 6300
Fax: 020 7936 6301
Out of Hours Number:
07760 261 795
Email clerks team
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| John R Jones QC |
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EDUCATION
Liverpool, 1980
CALLED 1981 Middle Temple
2002 Queen’s Counsel
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'“a hard-hitting and aggressive advocate” who has appeared as leading counsel in a number of large-scale SFO cases.'
Chambers & Partners 2010
“John Jones QC is a particularly fine communicator with a direct and an incisive advocacy style. He possesses expertise in the full range of serious crime, confiscation and money laundering matters and is working on a number of multi-million pound City and Duty Evasions. Sources describe him as “excellent at dealing with difficult and demanding clients”. “A particularly fine communicator with a direct and incisive advocacy style.” Sources also describe him as “excellent at dealing with difficult and demanding clients.”
Chambers & Partners 2009
“Praised for his grasp of details and ability to retail the facts in a telling way. Known for his imposing presentations to juries”.
Chambers & Partners 2008
APPOINTMENTS
1998 Assistant Recorder
2001 Recorder
PRACTICE
All aspects of serious fraud, crime and money laundering including the following cases:
SERIOUS FRAUD
R –v- Cahill & Others
Retained by the defence in a prosecution by the SFO of Defendant’s charged with conspiracies and fraudulent trading. A case of the utmost complexity and difficulties. Successful plea bargain resulted in a non-custodial sentence.
R –v- Gosling & Others
Retained by the defence in a prosecution by the SFO into the notorious “buy to let” fraud concerning the activities of P.P.P. Limited. Described by the S.F.O. as the most significant “buy to let” type fraud involving over £80 million of investor monies of which £65 million provided no prospect of any return. There were ultimately £16 million in investor claims following the collapse.
R-v-Brown (and others)
Birmingham Crown Court: otherwise known as the “IKEA fraud.” Retained by the defence in a prosecution by the SFO of various defendants allegedly supplying goods to IKEA at a time when these goods were not in fact required by IKEA. The initial allegations were in excess of £15m but the SFO were compelled to accept greatly reduced figures in respect of various charges of corruption and to abandon the principle allegation of Conspiracy to defraud resulting in the verdicts of Not Guilty.
R –v- Issitt
Liverpool Crown Court M.T.I.C. fraud of EU exporters. (Linked to Cox & Others).
R –v- Cox & Others
Liverpool Crown Court. M.T.I.C. fraud of EU exporters. At the time of conviction this was the largest and most complex fraud of its type.
R –v- Forsyth
Newcastle Crown Court defending in a major computer fraud prosecuted by the S.F.O. Concerning the sales of defective computer equipment by a manufacturer to high street suppliers such as Argos and Tesco.
R –v- Jackson & Others
Manchester Crown Court a rail-track/HSE safety fraud case following the Hatfield rail disaster were rail railway safety was said to be compromised in consequence of working hours and practices being constrained by budget. The allegation concerned the activities of workmen to circumvent these “rules” and deliver work on time. All defendants were acquitted after the Prosecution abandoned the case after several weeks when the management of the providing companies were shown to be aware of these practices and even to have condoned them, matters which were denied at the start of the trial.
R –v- Duff
Manchester Crown Court. Prosecution of a solicitor accused of money laundering.
R –v- Bowes
Liverpool Crown Court a confiscation proceedings following an alleged fraudulent share floatation.
R –v- Aspin
Lincoln Crown Court commercial fraud/tax evasion.
NON-FRAUD SERIOUS CRIME INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING:
R –v- Gonzales
Central Criminal Court, the Defence of a serial killer who engaged in 4 random killings and two attempted murders over a two day period. Whole life terms were imposed upon conviction. The Defendant was described by staff at Broadmore Hospital as there most difficult and dangerous patient. The case involved a significant mental health issues induced by a prolonged period of illicit substance abuse.
R –v- Turner (No. 2)
Manchester Crown Court. Defence of a Defendant charged with murder in a gang rivalry allegation.
R –v- Turner
Central Criminal Court. Multiple accounts of attempted murder when a mentally disturbed man ran amok and attacked a Brixton bus queue with several large knives.
R-v-Turner (Anthony):
Retained by the defence in the Manchester Crown Court, case tried in September 2007. Defendant was charged with the murder of a rival, against the background of gang rivalry in Manchester’s Moss Side. Defendant was acquitted of murder and all charges.
R –v- Kabir
Carlisle Crown Court, case involved the ritual killing of a 10-month-old baby in a bakery and again involved issues of cultural differences set against a long history of mental health problems.
R –v- Burton
Liverpool Crown Court the homicide of a Judge’s daughter.
R –v- Seddon & Others
Preston Crown Court a conspiracy to murder set against gangland rivalry where the murder victim was a 4-year-old child.
R-v-Oladapo
Central Criminal Court. Allegation of murder following an alleged vigilante attack following the activities of a notorious gang member. Case involved intrusive covert Surveillance methods and alleged covert confessions. Defendant acquitted of murder.
R-v-Duffeal
Central Criminal Court. Allegation of murder in a gang attack on a group including a 14 Year old boy. Defendant and the co-accused were members of the notorious “London Fields Boys” gang. The case involved complex areas of joint enterprise and related issues. Thee case was extremely sensitive due to the age of the deceased and the issues of Knife crime amongst inner city teenage gangs.
TERRORISM AND RELATED OFFENCES
R –v- Girma & Others
Defence of alleged terrorist charged with rendering assistance to those in the London Tube Bombings on the 21st July 2005.
R-v- Mustafa and others.
Muslim fundamentalists and conspiracy to cause explosions.
HISTORIC SEX ABUSE AND RELATED MATTERS
R –v- Anthony Briggs
Retained by the defence in an historic sex abuse case. Defendant acquitted on 25 counts in two indictments.
R –v- Andrews:
Manchester Crown Court, the case involved the Senior Director of Social Services involved in serious allegations of rape, buggery and indecent assault (male and female) on children within local authority care. Complex inter departmental disclosure issues.
R –v- Beech:
Manchester Crown Court, historic sex abuse case, allegations dating back 30 years against a former Sunday School Teacher and Methodist lay preacher. The Defendant was 78 years of age at the time of trial.
HIGH PROFILE CELEBRITY CASES
R-v-Khan
Defence of Champion boxer and Olympic silver medallist Amir Khan in a case alleging dangerous driving.
R –v- Hancox
Defence of the driver of a Lamborghini motor vehicle allegedly driving at 196 miles per hour on the M20 motorway. Charged with dangerous driving.
R –v- Luke McCormack
Defence of the Plymouth Argyle Goalkeeper accused of causing the death of two children in consequence of dangerous driving.
MISCELLANEOUS CASES OF NOTE
R –v- Harper (& Others):
Manchester Crown Court a counterfeiting conspiracy.
R –v- Nevin:
Leeds Crown Court a large-scale conspiracy to supply class A drugs. Alleged profits of £500,000 per month. Super grass evidence was discredited.
REPORTED CASES (COURT OF APPEAL OR DIVISIONAL COURT)
R v. Ascroft, [2003] EWCA CRIM 2365.
Confiscation and proceeds of crime.
R v. Dures, Unreported 25/04/97.
Dures & Williams, Conspiracy to murder.
R v. Aspin, [2004] EWCA CRIM 156.
Fraud conspiracy to obtain by deception.
R v. Mcdonagh, [2003] EWCA CRIM 3755.
Conspiracy to Murder.
DPP v. Griggs, [1990] RTR 71: Independent, October 24, 1998.
Drink Driving.
R v. Dyer
Drink Driving.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Northern Circuit
Criminal Bar Association
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