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The West Midlands offices of the following firms are on the Very High Cost Case panel: Challinors Solicitors; Glaisyers; Jonas Roy Bloom; Dass Solicitors; Frisby & Co Solicitors; and Lanyon Bowdler. The following firms are also on the panel: Cartwright King; DLA Piper UK LLP; Russell Jones & Walker; David Phillips & Partners; and Tuckers Solicitors.

The ‘first-rate criminal practice’ at Challinors Solicitors is noted for its specialisation in serious fraud and complex crime. Ghulam Sohail leads a ‘professional, well-trained and highly skilled group’, and is singled out as a ‘demonstrable leader in his field’ that provides ‘realistic advice to clients’. The team recently acted for a client in a tax evasion and money laundering case worth approximately £10m.

Glaisyers is widely recognised as a strong criminal practice. The firm represents clients prosecuted for serious crimes and white-collar offences, and is noted in particular for fraud work. Neil Ross heads the business crime department.

David Roy left Jonas Roy Bloom to join Cartwright King, but the firm can still call on heavy hitters such as Nicholas Roy and Steven Jonas. John Smitheman is recommended for road traffic offences, while Ben Henry is regularly noted as a leading expert for fraud work.

Cartwright King added significant strength with the hire of David Roy, Jenny Collins and barrister Arif Iqbal from Jonas Roy Bloom and Fiona Warman, former head of crime at Williamson & Soden. The team is outstanding, ‘particularly in white-collar fraud and regulatory discipline’.

DLA Piper UK LLP’s practice largely focuses on acting for corporations, directors and officers, and has notable expertise in health and safety prosecutions through Roy Tozer. Charles Arrand is a key contact.

Eversheds LLP’s David Young and Katherine Vickery are ‘standout criminal practitioners’. The team regularly acts in HSE and police investigations, and is noted for handling criminal cases for corporate clients.

Higgs & Sons’ Catherine Junor has ‘an excellent eye for detail and very deep knowledge’, and ‘never lets her clients down’. The team focuses on private criminal law and motoring offences, and is noted by clients as delivering value for money.

Russell Jones & Walker has particular expertise in handling police misconduct cases, acting for clients such as the Police Federation and its members. Tim Coolican is ‘bright, affable and cool under pressure’, and exercises ‘terrific judgement’.

Alsters Kelley LLP ‘responds swiftly and provides great strength in depth’. Stefan Hunka is an ‘assured performer who inspires confidence in clients’, and associate Jas Thiara is ‘extremely efficient and practically minded’.

Mark Jones of Dass Solicitors is noted for ‘client care that is second to none, tenacity, sound communication skills, and integrity’. Founding partner Alias Dass leads the firm, which ‘punches well about its weight’.

David Phillips & Partners covers all manner of white-collar and business fraud. Shahid Miah leads the practice, and recently acted in a £250m fraud case.

FBC Manby Bowdler LLP has experience in fraud cases, HSE proceedings, and cases involving breaches of environmental regulations. Associate David Campbell recently represented a client facing allegations of deliberately undervaluing gold.

Frisby & Co Solicitors is running some 30 very-high-cost cases, and is acting in R v White and another. Mark Davies heads the team.

Gateley’s Ruth Armstrong regularly represents clients facing criminal investigations for fraud and breaches of environmental law, and following serious accidents.

David Walton’s team at Keoghs LLP largely derives its instructions from major insurers and adjusters. The team covers all manner of regulatory work and motor crime.

Adrian Roberts and Stephen Scully at Lanyon Bowdler represent numerous prisoners in parole and adjudication hearings. The group sits on the NFU legal panel, and covers motoring offences.

Tuckers Solicitors’ James Turner is representing several defendants charged with conspiracy to murder, and is also acting on a high-value estate fraud case and handling a conspiracy to evade duty case.

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