Neil is an experienced trial barrister called to the bar in England and Wales in 2003. He specialises in in both civil and criminal fraud and financial/commercial litigation. Numerous times Neil have been instructed to lead and have been led in a number of extremely complex and high value financial litigation cases. He has also advised a number of investment firms and financial institutions as to their duties under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and Money Laundering Regulations and on the impact of the Bribery Act 2010.
Throughout the course of his career Neil has also worked on Secondment as a Senior Crown Prosecutor for 6 months, attached to the Crown Court Unit, responsible for making pre-charge decisions for all Police forces in the West Midlands area as well as nationally for the British Transport Police and prosecuting/reviewing up to 80-90 case files in a range of white collar and serious financial crime investigations, often with losses totalling millions of pounds and with an extra-jurisdictional element.
Bar Vocational Course (Very Competent). Inns of Court School of Law, London
LLB: Law. University College London, University of London
LL.M: Commercial and corporate Law. University College London, University of London
• El H v Al R & Ors. Representing the Claimant in the Chancery Division of the High Court in a substantial Partnership dispute and commercial fraud valued at £1 billion, involving a prominent Emirati family, Chairman of a global law firm and member of the Dubai Royal Family.
• I Ltd v I & Ors (Private Prosecution). Neil successfully represented ERS Insurance in a groundbreaking prosecution of three defendants accused of insurance fraud involving the submission of a false claim for personal injury losses arising from a serious road traffic collision.
• HMRC v H (Operation Lunar). Representing one of the main defendants in a £140M cheat on the Revue involving tax avoidance schemes in the gaming, pharmaceutical and film industries.
• HMRC v S (Operation Stagecoach). Instructed to represent the main defendant an £8M “rare Earth metals” investment fraud.
• HMRC v S (Operation Incubus). Instructed to defend in an £8m evasion of duty on smuggled tobacco.
• HMRC v R (Operation Epsom). Instructed to defence in a large £4M VAT diversion fraud.
• HMRC v H Engineering (VAT Tribunal). Instructed to defend an engineering company accused of direct and indirect tax fraud as well as dishonestly establishing an Employee Benefit Trust.
• HMRC v H (Operation Ghast). Instructed to defend the director in a £150M VAT MTIC fraud.
