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Tuckers Solicitors

39 WARREN STREET, LONDON, W1T 6AF, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 7388 8333
Fax:
Fax 0845 330 7268
DX:
123596 REGENTS PARK-3
Web:
www.tuckerssolicitors.com
Email:
Manchester, London W1T, London SE5, Birmingham

What we say about the firm's legal practice in London

Crime, fraud and licensing

Within Crime, Tuckers Solicitors is a first tier firm,

Philip Smith and Nick Inge head up the teams at Tuckers Solicitors’ Central and South London offices, respectively. Recent work for Smith includes successfully representing Jack Tweed in a high-profile rape trial, while Inge has been acting in three gang-related murder cases. Fiona Dunkley is currently acting as solicitor-advocate in a number of Crown Court cases.

Within Fraud: white-collar crime , Tuckers Solicitors is a third tier firm,

Tuckers Solicitors has seen a significant increase in high-quality, high-value instructions. Richard Egan and Jim Meyer advised a senior employee at BAE in the SFO’s international corruption investigation.

Public sector

Within Civil liberties and human rights, Tuckers Solicitors is a second tier firm,

Jules Carey’s team at Tuckers Solicitors is currently ‘leading the way on control order litigation’. The group has experience in bringing actions against the police and in anti-terrorism law, including in complex claims for false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, discrimination and deaths in custody. In 2010 Carey successfully represented a client in a challenge against HM Treasury regarding the government’s asset-freezing regime, and his other recent work includes advising Ian Tomlinson’s family in the inquest into Tomlinson’s death during the 2009 G20 protests. Andre Clovis is recommended, and solicitor Zareena Mustafa has a ‘cool head’.

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