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Cartwright Kingstands out’ for its ‘broad team of very experienced specialists’, and for the size of its dedicated crime team. It is a leading practice for SFO, HMRC, OFT and NHS fraud cases and cases involving crimes such as child internet pornography. Lynn Bleakley is recognised for her ‘technical expertise and deep credibility’, and Mark Wilson for his ‘lateral thinking, commerciality and sound common sense on top of excellent technical knowledge and practical know-how’; both are fraud specialists.

Richard Nelson LLP provides national coverage in relation to HMRC, BIS and trading standards investigations, and professional disciplinary and money laundering matters. Richard Nelson and Marie Dancer have seen considerable success defending high-value cases.

Smith Partnership has three partners acting for clients ranging from a major UK food manufacturer to healthcare practitioners in relation to HMRC, BIS and environment agency investigations, and also has six partners active on criminal instructions. Kevin McGrath is noted for his recent successes defending local authority prosecutions. Stephen Chittenden defended a multinational food processing company in 2010.

The Johnson Partnership has 30 lawyers covering business defence (professional misconduct; SFO; FSA; OFT; H&S; trading standards; and revenue and customs prosecutions) and criminal defence (ranging from motoring offences to murder).

Wilkin Chapman has a long track record in criminal defence work, from public inquiries – the team was instructed by an individual in the Baha Mousa inquiry – to regulatory prosecutions, major crimes, and military courts martial. Nigel Burn has been accredited as a fraud supervisor, and the firm is now accredited to act on VHCCs.

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