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Louise Hodges
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Work Department
Criminal litigation.
Position
Louise is a partner in the criminal litigation team specialising in all fraud and business crime litigation, including investigations and prosecutions by the Financial Services Authority (FSA), the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) as well as other agencies. She is particularly well known for representing individuals subject to FSA regulatory and/or criminal investigations for market abuse or market misconduct, including insider dealing and misleading the market. Louise advises on international mutual legal assistance (MLA) requests. Louise also represents investigation officers most particularly related to misconduct in public office, perjury and perverting the course of justice. Currently Louise is the lead partner heading a team of lawyers representing a number of military witnesses in the Baha Mousa public inquiry. She has a particular interest in Europe and is currently the vice chair of the European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA). She has given evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Union and invited to attend various expert meetings at the European Parliament, Commission and Council in Brussels.
Career
Trained Kingsley Napley LLP; qualified in criminal practice area 1999; partner 2005; Louise is a main author and co-editor of leading text with Stephen Gentle ‘Kingsley Napley: Serious Fraud, Investigation and Trial’ (Lexis Nexis Butterworths), which was published in April 2009.
Member
London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association; vice-chair European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA); Law Society, EU Criminal Law working group member.
Education
University of Oxford (1988 BA Hons).
Practice Areas
Administrative and public law; Financial services; Fraud
