Taimoor Tarafdar of ABV Solicitors secures an acquittal for our client who was alleged to have managed a nationwide brothel network and subsequently laundered the proceeds through multiple accounts. The jury unanimously reached a not guilty verdict. Alastair Smith from Foundry Chambers was instructed as Counsel.

Claire Anderson, instructing Jane Bickerstaff QC, secures the acquittal of a 24 year old man charged with Sexual Assault at Reading Crown Court. Our client is delighted and relieved after suffering a 2 year ordeal.

Claire Anderson of ABV Solicitors and Jane Bickerstaff QC of 9 Bedford Row secure the acquittal of our client, a Pharmacist, who was charged with Sexual Assault. The defence team worked tireless to undermine the evidence presented by the Prosecution including CCTV evidence.The jury unanimously returned a verdict of not guilty.

Today ABV secured the acquittal of a client in a multi-million pound carbon credit fraud at Southwark Crown Court. The Crown offered no evidence following cross-examination of the prosecution expert in a voir dire.The Crown were forced to offer no evidence after it became clear they were unable to fulfil their disclosure duties for our client and the other seven defendants to have a fair trial. This decision was reached on day 21 of the trial.

Iram Iqbal instructing Stephen Vullo QC from 2 Bedford Row secures a not guilty verdict for our client, a secondary school teacher, who faced 11 charges of historic sexual offences.

Akhtar Ahmad and Hanisha Godhania of ABV Solicitors, who instructed Stan Reiz of 2 Bedford Row to represent H in his successful appeal at the Court of of Appeal (Criminal Divison) on the 23rd May 2019. ABV Solicitors or Counsel did not act for the client in the lower Courts.H was alleged to have laundered the proceeds of a fraud targeting elderly victims who were deceived into transferring large sums of money to the bank accounts of third parties, by fraudsters posing as police officers.The argument on appeal was that the trial Judge erred in finding there was a case to answer. It was submitted that by receiving the proceeds of the fraud into his bank accounts, H was not “acquiring” criminal property as it did not have its criminal character until after it was received into his bank accounts. It was conceded on behalf of H that had the Prosecution charged any other offence under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (“POCA”), H would have been properly convicted.The Court accepted it had no choice but to allow the appeal and quash the conviction. Whilst the argument advanced was described as a technical point and unattractive, the Court concluded it was well-founded.When available, a link to the judgment will be added to this post and a blog explaining the relevance of the case to practitioners will also be posted on our website.

No further action to be taken against a MD for a successful business who was questioned regarding allegations of sexual assault, after taking into account robust written representations by Claire Anderson of ABV Solicitors. Naturally our client is relieved and delighted.

Amirah Ajaz of ABV Solicitors and Stan Reiz from 2 Bedford Row, successfully secure a confiscation order with a nil available amount for a client.

Claire Anderson secures an acquittal for a client facing an allegation of Sexual Assault. Our client was charged with a Sexual Assault where the only material witness was a child. This case required a very measured and tactical approach, and included the defence successfully persuading the Judge not to allow the Crown’s bad character application which related to a previous acquittal. Our client was relieved and delighted by the result saying ‘ words or deeds cannot express how grateful I am for the hard work you have put into my case’.

Claire Hewitt secures acquittal for our client in relation to historic allegations of Child Cruelty after a trial at Aylesbury Crown Court. Counsel instructed was William Hughes QC of Foundry Chambers.