A selection of cases concluded in the last two years and current contested cases include:

• Major multi-million pound film finance fraud.
• S.12 Terrorism Act –supporting a proscribed organisation.
• Murder, heavily reliant on limited gunshot residue.
• Money laundering and identity theft.
• Fraud and money laundering by a GP undertaking fictitious examinations/treatments.
• International tobacco importation.
• Security van robbery.
• International advance fee fraud spanning four continents.
• Car hire company fraud.
• Large-scale conspiracy involving hacking and selling of reprogrammed set-top boxes.
• Large-scale importation and distribution of drugs.
• Multi-million pound luxury car theft/export.
• Land banking fraud.
• International telecoms company using stolen credit cards; first ever prosecution under Wireless Telegraphy Act.
• International computer hacking using dark web, SQL injection and distributed denial of service.
• Various historic child sexual abuse, rapes, making and distributing indecent images of children.

As a former qualified Company Secretary and with a degree in economics, John is well equipped to understand and analyse complex company accounts and other financial documents.

He is highly proficient in the use of computers for case preparation. He has lectured in the use of case preparation software. He is able to establish case-based intranets and designs, develops and uses bespoke databases and spreadsheets for case preparation and presentation of complex evidence.

He has a background in public law and human rights law. He served for many years as a member of the Legal Services Commission Public Interest Advisory Panel. As a former Chair of Liberty and member of the International Federation of Human Rights he has a strong knowledge of the impact of the European Convention on Human Rights.

He has considerable experience in confiscation matters, often succeeding in reducing dramatically the size of orders. Two recent examples:

• R v Mohammed (2017) Prosecution asked for order of £1.1m: order made for £12k.
• R v Rehman  (2017) Prosecution claimed benefit of £2m (substantial hidden assets and £89k known assets): order made for £29k.

Legal 500 (2016): Leading Individual