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The Times Best Law Firms 2024
ABV Solicitors are proud to announce that we have been ranked for the 4th year running as one of the best law firms in The Times 2024 for: Fraud; Financial Crime; Regulatory; Crime; Here is what The Times say about ABV Solicitors: “In one of the largest prosecutions brought by Royal Mail, the…
Read MoreBounce Back Loans
Article by: Claire Anderson Last year, a group of Bankers were hauled in front of a special government committee to explain why, what was meant to be an emergency lending scheme to support small/medium sized businesses caught in the grip of the Covid pandemic, turned into what was, certainly to a hugely significant extent,…
Read MoreR v Benjamin Mendy & Louis Matturie
Benjamin Mendy and Louis Matturie Trial – Chester Crown Court – 13th January 2023 Robert Borwick and Hanisha Godhania of ABV Solicitors represented Louis Saha Matturie, the co-accused of Benjamin Mendy, in the high profile case before Chester Crown Court which began in August 2022. Mr Matturie was acquitted of 5 counts of rape and…
Read MoreAcquittal – CPS Disclosure Failings
Mel Kelemework from ABV Solicitors has secured another acquittal in a 10-handed sexual grooming case which was heard before Canterbury Crown Court and later moved to Southwark Crown Court. There were 10 Defendants in this case and ABV Solicitors represented MT who was number 7 on the indictment. One of the main reasons for the…
Read More“Corrupt elites & dirty money”: Economic Crime Act
Article by: Rohit Sharma and Thekla Sorokkou The UK government has been criticised for several years about the lack of transparency in relation to economic crime which has allowed individuals to launder money through the UK. John Penrose, the prime minister’s anti-corruption “champion” acknowledged that it has taken too long for the UK government to…
Read MoreCriminal Investigation: Can they publicise your name?
Landmark Ruling from the Supreme Court Article by Amirah Ajaz, Partner and Tareq Munis Privacy is an important issue which is always at the forefront of our minds when representing our clients. Many of our clients have been wrongly accused of serious fraud, bribery and corruption, money laundering or other serious crime. Reputational damage…
Read MoreA new chapter in Crypto – “NFT fraud”
Article by Deepak Vij, Director and Head of the Fraud and Financial Crime department at ABV Solicitors. Deepak Vij has been formally instructed by several suspects recently arrested by HMRC for their part in a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) fraud. They have all been released under investigation. The NFT market is a colossal multi-billion-pound industry…
Read MoreVoluntary Interviews – What you should know
Article by Claire Anderson ‘Your client has to attend the Voluntary Interview, Miss Anderson’ the officer told me, without a hint of irony. ‘Actually, he doesn’t have to, hence it’s called ‘voluntary’ ‘I replied, ‘and until you can provide me with the appropriate disclosure to demonstrate any evidence that he may have committed an offence…
Read MoreSFO: Disclosure Failings lead to Trial Collapse
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) Disclosure Failings Cause Serco Fraud Trial Collapse Article by: Robert Borwick Once again, disclosure failings by the Prosecution, in this case the SFO, have resulted in the collapse of a serious fraud case. Yesterday two former senior executives at Serco were cleared in a case where it had been alleged there…
Read MoreABV Win: UK-US Extradition
Press Release: Deepak Vij, Director and Amirah Ajaz, Partner of ABV solicitors successfully defend and prevent their client Jabir Siddiq, referred to in court as Jabir Motiwala, from being extradited from the U.K to the U.S on charges of Narcotics Importation, Extortion and Money Laundering. This was a long, complex and high- profile extradition case…
Read MoreEncroChat Acquittal
Article by Deepak Vij and Rohit Sharma R v S & Oths – Operation Salesperson & Operation Soku – Snaresbrook Crown Court Deepak Vij, Partner and Rohit Sharma, Senior Solicitor of the Fraud and Complex Crime department at ABV Solicitors successfully obtain an acquittal on a large Conspiracy to Import Class A drug case concerning…
Read MoreBounce Back Loans Fraud
Article by: Deepak Vij, Partner at ABV Solicitors Bounce Back Loans Scheme (BBLS) Fraud ABV Solicitors are currently advising and representing a number of suspects in respect of alleged fraudulent applications for Bounce Back Loans. The NCA (The National Crime Agency), working in conjunction with NATIS (The National Investigation Service) and other law enforcement agencies…
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