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Lewis Nedas & Co

24 CAMDEN HIGH STREET, LONDON, NW1 0JH, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 7387 2032
Fax:
Fax 020 7388 6575
DX:
57056 CAMDEN TOWN
Web:
www.lewisnedas.co.uk
Email:
London NW1, London EC1A, London

Siobhain Egan

Tel:
Work +44 20 7387 2032
Email:
Lewis Nedas & Co

Work Department

Crime.

Position

Following the dissolution of Christmas & Sheehan where she was a partner, Siobhain is now a consultant with Lewis Nedas. Specialises in serious organised crime, serious fraud, regulatory matters, money laundering, asset confiscation and forfeiture, cyber/internet crime. She has also developed a large-scale privately funded appellate practice. She is an experienced higher right advocate and an acknowledged expert on RIPA, the use of informants and disclosure. She regularly assists TV and radio channels with documentary programmes on various criminal justice issues. She has an enviable high acquittal rate and overall success rate. She additionally developed a particular reputation for exposing corruption at Customs and Excise. Major cases include: the Jimmy Choo bugging prosecution; the Stansted hijacking; and the Beckham kidnapping.

Career

Called to the Bar 1989; solicitor 1993; assistant solicitor, Messrs Offenbachs 1993-96; partner, Messrs O’Keefes 1996-99; partner, Messrs Christmas & Sheehan 2000-07; Edward Hayes 2007-08.

Member

LCCA Committee; Serious Fraud Association; British Academy of Forensic Sciences; VHCC Appeal Committee; SACHCA; European Bar Association.

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