50-52 CHANCERY LANE, LONDON, WC2A 1HL, ENGLAND
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- Work 020 7657 1555
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- Fax 020 7657 1557
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- 202 LONDON CHANCERY LANE
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- www.rjw.co.uk
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Scott Ingram
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- Work +44 20 7657 1773
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Work Department
Criminal investigations.
Position
Partner and head of criminal and misconduct group. Specialises in criminal and misconduct proceedings and coroners’ inquests; a member of the serious fraud panel; represented the finance director in an SFO prosecution arising from the collapse of Independent Insurance; instructed in R v Morgan, a significant confiscation case referred to in the preface to ‘Archbold 2009’. Increasingly instructed in criminal investigations and prosecutions involving an international element (eg military shooting and friendly-fire incidents in Afghanistan) and high-profile cases. Recognised as an expert in police shooting cases, lectures nationally on post-shooting incident investigation procedures; represented naval diving instructor prosecuted for gross negligence manslaughter over fatal diving accident. Instructed in High Court proceedings involving issues of Article 2 compliant investigations, anonymity and ‘conferring’.
Career
Articled Wontner & Sons, WC1; qualified 1983; partner Russell Jones & Walker since 1989.
Member
London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association; International Bar Association.
Education
Warriston School, Dumfriesshire; Brunel University (1980 LLB); Solicitors Finals (1981).
Leisure
Soccer, golf, motorcycle racing, eating and drinking.
Practice Areas
Crime - general; Fraud; Professional disciplinary and regulatory law (including police law)
