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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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| Shelley Webster |
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CALLED 2002
EDUCATION
1984 LLB Business Law (Hons)
2000 PgDL
2002 BVC
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BACKGROUND
Before being called in 2002, I had a career in Merchant Banking. I specialised in Commercial Property Finance, managing a portfolio of senior debt and equity which exceeded £360m. After a short interlude as a Carer, I became a Senior Financial Investigator with the Serious Fraud Office. This coincided with my undertaking the Post Graduate Diploma in Law and Bar Vocational Course.
PRACTICE
My practice encompasses both Prosecution and Defence.
I have conducted prosecutions for the Serious Fraud Office, the CPS (Central Fraud Groups both Fiscal and Non-Fiscal), and (by virtue of being named in the AG’s Unified List of Prosecution Counsel) the DWP, and DBIS; and separately I am instructed in prosecutions brought by the Maritime and Coastguards Agency. I have some experience of local authority prosecutions (trading standards matters, breach of planning enforcement orders, and environmental protection cases).
I have defended cases brought by the CPS (which now incorporates the former RCPO) and DWP involving fraud, and money laundering. I also defend drug related offending, allegations of serious violence, and extradition.
My experience encompasses dealing with Restraint and Confiscation proceedings whether prosecuting or defending.
NOTABLE CASE
R v Cushnie & Clough (The Versailles Case)
Junior led by two QCs. Successful prosecution of one of the largest ever SFO cases. This was a large scale fraud involving the London Stock Exchange, banks and investors.
R v Henry
Successful defence of an allegation of grievous bodily harm (glassing in a nightclub).
R v Andrews
Successful defence of multiple allegations of unlawful wounding (glassing in a nightclub).
R v Alam & Others
Led-Junior for the main Defendant in a money laundering case £33 Million (the proceeds of heroin trafficking);
R v Lloyd
Led-Junior representing one of 6 Defendants. Five were charged with drug trafficking offences. However my client was charged with money laundering and mortgage fraud. The money laundering charges were dropped following preparation for an abuse argument, and the client pleaded guilty to a minor mortgage fraud for which he received a short non-custodial sentence.
R v Afolabi (Ali)
Junior in successful prosecution of a Nigerian advance fee fraudster.
R v Afolabi (Aminat)
Junior in successful prosecution of a solicitor (the spouse of the advance fee fraudster listed above) for money laundering.
R v Baidoe-Ansah
Successful prosecution of a solicitor for fraud and money laundering. I obtained the first Serious Crime Prevention Order for the CPS/Fraud Prosecution Division.
R v Kevin Foster
Junior in a successful SFO prosecution of a professional gambler who was found guilty of running a £34m pyramid scam that targeted people on low incomes. Kevin Foster was convicted of charges of dishonest concealment and theft. Read more
R v Marie Taylor & Others
Defence of one of 14 people charged with tax credit fraud and money laundering. Although the client was convicted of money laundering but received a conditional discharge. Read more
R v Thomas Farrell & Others
Defence of the first Defendant of 5 charged with conspiracy to defraud the European Social Fund and European Regional Development Fund (value just under £1 million). Read more
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Lincoln’s Inn
Criminal Bar Association
Proceeds of Crime Lawyers Association
OTHER
Freeman of the City of London
Chairman – Board of Trustees of Lifeblood: The Thrombosis Charity
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