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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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| Chris Henley |
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EDUCATION
LLB (Hons) Bristol, 1988
CALLED 1989 Gray's Inn |
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Recommended as a leading junior in Crime in Chambers & Partners 2006-2010
An “able, hard working and incredibly bright” barrister who is “good at driving his point home”.
Chambers & Partners 2008
“very hardworking” and “popular senior junior”
Legal 500 2006-2009
PRACTICE
Specialist defence barrister with considerable experience in all areas of serious crime. Chris Henley is regularly instructed as leading counsel in serious and complex cases. He has extensive experience in cases involving allegations of corporate fraud, money laundering, terrorism, murder, sexual abuse and major drug conspiracies. A large and increasing proportion of his practice involves financial crime, restraint, receivership, confiscation and cash seizure proceedings.
He has also appeared at inquests and at professional disciplinary tribunals.
He is currently instructed as junior counsel in a case involving allegations of grooming vulnerable muslim converts for violent jihad (Central Criminal Court), for the main defendant in a website based identity theft and fraud where the financial benefit is alleged to be several million pounds (Southwark Crown Court), and on behalf of the head of a Kent based drugs gang alleged to be supplying cocaine to criminal gangs in Bournemouth, Cardiff and Australia (Cardiff Crown Court).
2010 CASES
R v Fillery and four others (Central Criminal Court) – Junior counsel. Ex-DS allegedly involved in the murder of Daniel Morgan in 1987. Morgan, a private investigator, was found with an axe embedded in his head in a South London pub car park. This notorious case has been the subject of three police enquiries, an MPA enquiry and considerable media interest.
R v Allard and two others (Ipswich Crown Court) – Defendant was acquitted following a seven week trial of cheating the revenue, and duty evasion. Up to £4 million duty evaded on cigarette and wine smuggled from China, South Africa, Poland and Italy over several years. Two co-defendants convicted.
R v Southall and seven others (Northampton Crown Court) – Guilty plea. Leading counsel for the main defendant in an international multi-million pound cigarette smuggling operation. Alleged to be part of a network of large-scale smugglers across Europe. Co-ordinated surveillance operation by law enforcement agencies in a number of different countries.
2009 CASES INCLUDED
R v Smith and others (Southwark Crown Court) – defendant acquitted of money laundering offences arising out of allegations of conspiracy to defraud RBS and HSBC.
R v Ali (Central Criminal Court) – Terrorism. One of four defendants charged with encouraging acts of terrorism abroad.
R v Green and others (Sheffield Crown Court) – SFO prosecution. Leading counsel. Defendant charged with multi-million conspiracy to defraud.
R v Robert Brooks (Derby Crown Court) – Environment Agency prosecution of the owner of a Pet Crematorium. Defendant cleared of all alleged breaches of the EPA.
R v Mykoo (Wood Green Crown Court) – The defendant admitted 84 strangulation robberies. The Judge described him as ‘the most prolific violent robber to be sentenced in London in recent years’. The victims, who included Nicole Farhi, were wealthy lone females.
R v Razzaq (St Albans Crown Court) – Main defendant in a ‘long firm’ fraud.
R v Bardwell (Leeds Crown Court) – Leading counsel for ‘inside man’ involved in multiple thefts from BPA Oil Refinery - hundreds of thousands of litres of fuel stolen. Defendant acquitted of money laundering allegations
2008 CASES INCLUDED
R v C (Central Criminal Court) – Leading counsel for acquitted defendant, the two co-accused convicted of murder, 6 week trial.
R v Nung (Kings Lynn CC) – Leading counsel for ‘main’ defendant in Norfolk’s largest drugs, money-laundering and mortgage fraud investigation. Nung acquitted after 10 week trial, 7 co-defendants convicted.
R v Ellis (Luton CC) – Company director acquitted of factoring fraud and theft, 2 week trial, two co-defendants pleaded guilty.
R v D (Central Criminal Court) – Paul Erhahon murder trial.
R v Mohammed & others (Southwark CC) – Leading counsel, importation of heroin from Turkey, guilty plea.
R v Hogg & others (Kingston CC)– Leading counsel, Cocaine conspiracy and firearms, guilty plea.
2007 CASES INCLUDED
R v Ali (Central Criminal Court) – 21st July Terrorism
R v Leedham (Croydon CC) – P.A.Y.E and Revenue fraud, guilty plea.
R v Townsend & others (Kingston CC) – Leading counsel money laundering, 8 week trial defendant acquitted.
R v A (Kingston CC) – Leading counsel, multiple property mortgage and benefit fraud, 6 week trial, defendant acquitted.
R v T (Central Criminal Court) – Peter Woodhams murder. Junior counsel for acquitted defendant.
2006 CASES INCLUDED
R v Preddie (Central Criminal Court) – Damilola Taylor murder, junior counsel for first defendant.
R v Antoine (Snaresbrook CC) – Leading counsel for only defendant acquitted of conspiracy to import cocaine from the Carribean, ‘Bling Bling gang’, 3 month trial. 17 defendants 3 separate trials.
R v Pearson (Central Criminal Court) – Murder. Defendant acquitted. Junior counsel for first defendant running ‘cut-throat’ defence against six co-defendants. 5 Co-defendants convicted.
R v Gun (Croydon CC) – Leading counsel. Operation Blue Sky, largest people trafficking prosecution. Guilty plea.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Local Councillor 1998-2002.
Pro-bono adviser at local law centre
Drafted ‘Guidance Note – Assaults on Officials’ for the Football Association Handbook.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Criminal Bar Association
Haldane Society
Amnesty International
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