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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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| Martin Taylor |
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EDUCATION
BA (Hons) Semitic studies
(Hebrew & Arabic) Leeds 1987
CALLED 1988 Middle Temple |
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“Recommended as a Leading Junior in Crime and a Leader in his field."
Chambers and Partners 2010
PRACTICE
Criminal Defence, Leading Junior practice in serious crime. In-depth
experience of fraud, homicide, sexual abuse and drugs, with particular
emphasis on gangland shootings, homicide, large scale frauds on
financial institutions, the State and involving different international
jurisdictions.
NOTABLE CASES
R v. C & others
Involved in preparation over several months of £18 million MTIC fraud involving 8 defendants to be tried at Birmingham Crown Court.
R v. W & others
Instructed in MTIC fraud to be tried in 2011 at Southwark Crown Court, on behalf of first of 17 defendants on indictment
R v. Shabaz Afzal, Liverpool CC.
Three month trial, conspiracy to defraud with 14 market traders
creating outlet for stolen credit cards from the whole of the North
West.
R v. Payne & Others, Leicester CC.
Fraudulent trading. Six month trial involving intricate banking fraud,
cross-fire operation and bankruptcy of major Midlands car dealerships.
R v. Hulton & Others, Manchester CC.
A large scale mortgage fraud involving millions of pounds, 35 defendants and dozens of lending institutions.
R v. Cassidy & Others, Manchester CC.
Large scale fraud involving Railtrack safety engineers and their
employers with far reaching consequences for subcontracting work and
safety in the rail industry.
R v. Dad & Others, Manchester CC.
£4 million traveller cheque fraud. International jurisdiction and banking fraud with interlocutory hearing in Court of Appeal.
R v. Ahmed & Others, Sheffield Crown Court.
Instructed as leading junior in conspiracy to defraud where about a quarter million pounds was dishonestly obtained through the financing of car purchases.
R v. Pereira & Others, Kingston CC.
Computer fraud involving company thefts in over 20 establishments.
R v. Inayat, Manchester CC.
Passport fraud involving their creation, falsification and forgery, with a high level of organisation and sophistication.
R v. Askey & Others, Reading CC.
Instructed as leading junior in counterfeiting fraud involving multimillion pound operation, counterfeit printing factory in Sterling and American Dollars.
R v. Haddouche & Others, Middlesex CC.
Theft of cheques and deceptions thereafter from Princess Michael of Kent.
R v. Quissamba, Manchester CC.
DSS fraud involving elaborate operation through UK visitors. Angolan
law and application of statutory defence of marital coercion.
R v. Asaf, Manchester CC.
Oldham riots.
R v. Abushima, Norwich CC.
Kidnap and abduction of 5 children to Middle East, involving evidence
from Al Qu’eda suspect in French prison and International Law.
R v. Farman, Cambridge CC.
Abuse case involving complicated psychiatric issues including Ganser’s
Syndrome (a form of post traumatic amnesia) and complicated legal
issues of "grey" area between fitness to plead and cognisance of
relevant facts.
R v. Sobers & Others, Blackfriars Crown Court.
Instructed as leading junior in forthcoming trial involving firearms and money laundering.
R v. Jallah & Others, Isleworth Crown Court.
Instructed as leading junior in riot at Harmondsworth Immigration Centre.
R v. Dean Thomas & Others, Middlesex Crown Court.
Instructed as leading junior in a 4 week trial involving kidnap, false imprisonment and robbery.
R v. B, Blackfriars Crown Court.
Instructed as leading junior in a 6 week fraud trial in April 2007 - a fraud on Department of Work and Pensions for benefit of over £2 million.
R v. Mark Duncan & Others, Blackfriars Crown Court.
Instructed as leading junior in a 2 month fraud trial. Antiques dealers targeting wealthy areas of London to alleged benefit of over £600,000, 21 counts including money laundering and conspiracy to defraud.
R v. A & Others, Chester Crown Court.
Instructed as leading junior in Trial in June 2007, listed 4-6 weeks where prosecution allege fraud on 31 counts of over £700,000, using derivatives and C.F.D’s.
R v. G, Liverpool Crown Court.
Instructed as leading junior in trial in September 2007, listed for 3 months, where prosecution allege £6 million tax fraud by company in North West controlling 23 newsagent and garage outlets.
R v. M & others
VAT Fraud of £15million using the importation of cars to the UK and VAT 414 scheme to mirror system employed by MTIC/Carousel frauds. Trial listed in February 2010 for 3 months.
ASSOCIATED WORK
Lecturing French judges on English criminal law and fraud
LANGUAGES
Fluent French
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