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Richard Ferguson QC
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Dame Lois Brown-Evans Criminal Pupillage Award at Carmelite Chambers.

For the second year running the Bermuda Bar Association has awarded a scholarship for a Bermudian lawyer to train with Carmelite Chambers.

The candidate has been chosen by a panel headed by the Lord Chief Justice.

The Bar Standards Board has expressed its approval of and support for the scheme which seeks to forge links with the Bermudian Bar and offer the benefit of our extensive advocacy experience and practical training to their chosen candidate.

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Regina v Knights & Ferrigan
Southwark Crown Court

Retained by the defence in “……the largest mortgage fraud ever prosecuted in this Country"

(As openned to the jury by Prosecuting Counsel). Known by the S.F.O. case reference as BMF 01 the case concerned the fraudulent acquisition of approximately £63M from various commercial lenders. Case required detailed cross-examination of experts as to the duties and responsibilities of a solicitor involved in transactions of this type. Case was complex involving both criminal and regulatory breaches. Defendant unanimously acquitted after a five month trial.

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Carmelite Chambers is one of the largest and longest established sets in the UK. Our advocates are at the forefront of UK and international practice and are regularly instructed in high profile cases.

Chambers are leaders within our field, both for defence and prosecution, with specific expertise in serious fraud, terrorism, murder, espionage, money laundering, extradition, miscarriages of justice and Courts Martial.

Chambers are a multiracial and multicultural set with members from a wide variety of backgrounds. We are committed to the Bar Council’s equality code, and are an equal opportunities employer. We offer a highly skilled and experienced team of advocates in all our specialist areas including:

Terrorism offences
  Organised crime
  Commercial crime and Serious Fraud
  Murder
  Espionage
  War crimes
  Money laundering
  Prison law
  Extradition
  Health and Safety
  Libel
  Miscarriages of justice
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Carmelite Chambers is a set of 80 or so barristers that has done a good job in the past few years of securing a sizeable slice of the fraud caseload pie. It is established as a good set for those looking for committed counsel who are ready to put the hours in to tackle document-heavy cases. Its defence-slanted work sees it handle both privately and publicly funded matters, as well as some pro bono work.

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14.12.11
James Tilbury, instructed as junior counsel by Pannones LLP for lead defendant, in 5 month trial [reported as the largest police corruption trial in Britain's legal history]; not guilty verdicts as case collapses and judge rules the defendants could not receive a fair trial.

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Charles Bott QC
lectures at the
Global Compliance Solutions 6th
Annual Anti-Monday Laundering, Compliance and Financial Crimes Conference in
Grand Cayman.


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Client receives public apology in the House of Commons

Regina v Andrew Breeze, Ipswich Crown Court.

Counsel:
Charles Bott QC
Gerard Hillman


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