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| Company: |
Olliers |
| Position: |
Ptnr |
| Town: |
Manchester |
| Principal Office: |
Castlefield Chambers |
| Company Postcode: |
M3 4NF |
| Areas of law: |
Fraud |
| Department: |
Fraud |
| Areas of law: |
Fraud |
| Company phone: |
(0161) 834 1515 |
| Company fax: |
(0161) 839 0804 |
| Company site: |
http://www.olliers.com |
| Company email: |
matthewclaughton@olliers.com |
| Client Sector Served: |
Private Client, SME/Small Business |
| Agency Statement: |
All kinds of emergency work and agency work undertaken in the Criminal Court. |
| Web Profile: |
Regarded as one of the North’s leading commercial fraud, regulatory and tax specialists, this specialist criminal defence firm also deals with a substantial caseload of serious crime from its Manchester base.
The firm: Over the last decade the firm has transformed itself into a fraud and serious crime specialist. Through a programme of planned and steady expansion, Olliers has grown from three fee earners in 1995 to over 40 today. The firm today specialises in commercial fraud, white-collar crime, money laundering and serious crime with clients throughout the UK and a caseload that frequently involves an international dimension.
Types of work undertaken:
Olliers specialises in the preparation of large scale, complex and often high profile fraud and criminal cases. The firm is one of the original members of the Specialist fraud Panel and its fraud casework teams are highly experienced in dealing with cases prosecuted by the Serious Fraud Office, the Department of Trade and Industry, HM Customs and Excise and the police at local, regional and national level. A specialist department undertakes an increasing amount of restraint, receivership, confiscation and asset recovery work. Experience was expanded in 2004 to include the Court of Appeal guideline case, Capewell, which set guidelines clearly defining the role of the Court appointed receiver in Revenue & Customs prosecutions(guidelines confirmed by the House of Lords in 2007). In 2005 the team was involved in the largest ever mainland Assets Recovery Agency investigation.
Olliers specialises in tax and commercial fraud. It acts in VAT carousel and Missing Trader frauds involving hundreds of millions of pounds. It handles cases prosecuted by the Serious Fraud Office prosecutions and cases brought by the Commercial Fraud Squad. The firm has substantial experience of defending SFO cases. It handles mortgage fraud and fraud involving large institutions such as charities and the NHS. Money laundering, often involving extradition procedures, is also a specialism. Additionally, the firm offers its clients advice on issues relating to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
The firm’s reputation for committed and rigorous defence work has meant that Olliers continue to attract heavyweight criminal cases. The firm’s serious crime specialists have experience in the full range of criminal cases, including gangland murders, multi-handed drug conspiracies, terrorism allegations and a wide range of cases involving undercover operations. The criminal team is highly experienced in handling such cases and employs a robust and pro-active approach to defence work. The practice is particularly adept at unearthing evidence through unused material, examining in great detail the behaviour of prosecution witnesses, often the police or informants and refusing to take anything at face value.
Olliers plans to continue focusing on and recruiting for its core specialist areas: fraud and serious crime. |
| No. of fee earners: |
12 |
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