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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
LDE: 226
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| Mark Harries |
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EDUCATION
LLB (Hons) London, 1994
CALLED 1995 Lincoln's Inn |
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“Recommended as a Leading Junior in Crime and a Leader in his field."
Chambers and Partners 2010
PRACTICE
Exclusively criminal defence work in all areas of major crime, as leading and junior counsel.
Significant experience in cases of serious violence, including gang-related homicide and serious organized crime; equally wide experience in white-collar fraud, in particular MTIC fraud, money laundering, and fraudulent trading.
Regularly instructed at Court Martial and in matters of prison law, including judicial review. Based in London and the Midlands, with a practice that extends nationwide.
Previous instructions include “The Trusthorpe Murders,” “The Linklaters Solicitor Murder” as junior counsel, the Lincoln Prison Riots and a £90m duty evasion trial as leading counsel.
CURRENT INSTRUCTIONS IN NOTABLE CASES
R v M (Leeds Crown Court) 2010
Junior counsel in a 12 defendant multi-million pound MTIC fraud involving the sale of luxury motor vehicles imported and exported throughout Europe, comprising almost 130,000 pages of prosecution evidence.
R v F (Winchester Crown Court) 2010
Junior counsel for defendant in second of two high-profile trials alleging a conspiracy to blackmail the employees of companies associated with Huntingdon Life Services, by members of extremist animal rights group
R v D (Southwark Crown Court) 2011
Acting for the second of 18 defendants alleged to be one of the three controlling minds in an MTIC fraud resulting in a loss of over £20 million to HMRC, incorporating the more sophisticated contra-trade transactions as a means of disguising the money trail.
R v D (Liverpool Crown Court) 2012
Acting for 4th of 12 defendants charged with conspiracy to cheat the Revenue by means of a multi-million pound carousel fraud arising from the import and export of luxury accessories.
R v B (Warwick Crown Court) 2012
Instructed for company accountant in DBIS prosecution alleging £10 million fraudulent trading and money laundering enterprise spanning 7 years of trade by insurance companies.
RECENT GENERAL CRIMINAL CASES
R v R (Teesside Crown Court) April 2010
Junior counsel for defendant who absconded from his trial for the commercial supply of drugs via his chain of nightclubs 12 years ago amidst allegations of police corruption at the highest level. Case involved extensive challenge to the integrity of UK government agencies involvement his repatriation, amidst contested PII issues relating to disclosure of the most politically sensitive nature.
R v Hussein (Nottingham Crown Court) May 2009
For the first defendant in a multi-handed attempted murder and violent disorder allegation arising out of an incident in which defendant drove at and over victim in the course of a 30-strong disorder on the streets of Nottingham.
This is Nottingham Article
R v EG (Central Criminal Court) April 2009
Junior counsel for a defendant acquitted of soliciting the murder of his late father’s second wife. Defendant was previously the subject of quashed convictions following police fabrication of evidence against him, resulting in a 14 year sentence. Significant issue at trial was the impact of the defendant’s psychiatric state, following his wrongful imprisonment, upon his conduct with undercover police officers, whom he was said to have tasked to assassinate the victim.
Daily Mail Article
BBC News Article
R v G (Nottingham Crown Court ) March 2009
For first defendant in a multi-handed, multi-incident indictment, culminating in an attempted murder, arising out of a campaign of violence and blackmail terrorizing residents of Nottingham.
RECENT FRAUD & FINANCIAL CRIME CASES
R v Scriven (Wolverhampton Crown Court) January 2010
Multi-million pound MTIC fraud, involving the fictitious provision of travel services by 19 companies in the UK and defrauding HMRC of almost £3million in VAT repayments.
R v Roope (Worcester Crown Court) September-December 2009
Junior counsel for the defence in a Serious Fraud Office prosecution alleging the fraudulent incorporation, marketing and trading of an investment company to British ex-patriot citizens abroad, duping individuals into almost £2m worth of investment over a ten month period, principally in Cyprus, Czech Republic and the Far East.
Telegraph Article
R v Leawal (Kingston Crown Court) September 2009
For the first defendant in a money laundering enterprise conducted through the veil of the defendant’s money exchange company, involving the transmission of, in total, around £½ million to the Middle East, which the defendant claimed to arise out of Hawala money exchange conventions.
R v Smallman (Teesside Crown Court) June-December 2008
Junior counsel for the first defendant in the largest in a series of Department of Education frauds, following tabloid expose, involving the defrauding of over 80,000 students, several qualification bodies, the Post Office and the ruining of the Government’s ILA scheme in 2002, accumulating over £16m spent on high-living by the chairman of the company.
Daily Mail Article
Telegraph Article
PUBLICATIONS
Co-author of a number of reports for Criminal Bar Association including "Defence Disclosure" (2002), "Lay Representation on Bar Council Committees" (2003) and "Proposals to the Reform of Recorder and Deputy High Court Judge Tenure" (2003): www.criminalbar.co.uk
Lecture: Gun Crime and Firearms Law (October 2006, RAC)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Criminal Bar Association (Committee Member 2001-2004)
South Eastern Circuit
Liberty
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