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Benjamin Waidhofer successfully quashes £4.3 million confiscation order
NEWS In R (on the application of Bahbahani) v Ealing Magistrates Court [2019] EWHC 1385 (Admin), [2019] 3 WLR 901, [2020] 1 Cr App R 2, Benjamin Waidhofer, led by Louis Mably QC and instructed by Fadi Daoud on behalf of Lawrence & Co [...]
Chambers is delighted to announce Sherbir Panag has joined Foundry as an Associate tenant.
NEWS Chambers is delighted to announce Sherbir Panag has joined Foundry as an Associate tenant. He the founding partner of the Law Offices of Panag & Babu, considered one of the preeminent financial crime law firm in India with a practice that has acted [...]
Foundry Chambers is sad to report the death of John Greaves
NEWS Foundry Chambers is sad to report the death of John Greaves following a long period of ill-health. John was a stalwart and much-loved member of Chambers for over 30 years. Called to the Bar in 1973 John was active in politics in the [...]
Court of Appeal ruling on registration of External Orders
NEWS In a decision handed down on 23 April, the Court of Appeal upheld the decision of Southwark Crown Court to register as external orders three confiscation orders made by the Criminal Court of Rome concerning assets held in the UK. The orders were [...]
William Hughes QC appeared Sky Crime broadcast “Killer Lovers, ‘Murderous Millionaire’.” (Series 1 Episode 4) on 21st March 2020
NEWS On 21st March 2020, Sky Crime broadcast Killer Lovers, “Murderous Millionaire” (series 1 episode 4- Available to Sky subscribers here). William Hughes QC appeared in the programme giving first-hand insight into the case, having prosecuted to conviction the murderer Peter Morgan at Newport [...]
Benjamin Waidhofer successfully defeats HMRC’s application for an Account Freezing Order
NEWS Benjamin Waidhofer, instructed by Naureen Shariff (senior associate) at Blackfords LLP, successfully defeated an application by HMRC to freeze a bank account holding a credit balance of just under £250,000. The account holder was given 7 days’ notice of the application and significant [...]
Benjamin Waidhofer defends in ‘Smart Motorway’ fatal collisions case
NEWS Benjamin Waidhofer, instructed by Fadi Daoud at Lawrence & Co CDS LLP was instructed to represent the driver of an articulated lorry which had been involved in a fatal collision along a stretch of the M25 designated as a ‘smart motorway’. The articulated [...]