51 LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS, LONDON, WC2A 3LZ, ENGLAND
- Tel:
- Work 020 7430 2277
- Fax:
- Fax 020 7430 1101
- DX:
- 37981 KINGSWAY
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- www.bcl.com
- Email:
Paul Morris
- Tel:
- Work +44 20 7430 2277
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Work Department
Serious and general crime; business crime and regulation.
Position
Partner specialising in criminal litigation with extensive experience in crime, defending a range of offences, including fraud and business crime, murder, sexual offences, drug trafficking and various degrees of assault. Also advises post-conviction/sentence on potential grounds and merits of appeal. Many of his cases are high-profile and his client base regularly consists of professionals, such as medical practitioners, lawyers, bankers and accountants. He also advises in investigations instigated by the various professional and regulatory bodies such as the General Medical Council and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. He has acted for well-known public figures and his practice is increasingly focused on advising television production companies, presenters and journalists in the growing field of investigative journalism. He also provides pre-production advice.
Career
Trained Pictons, Hertfordshire; qualified 1998; Pictons 1998-99; Tuckers 1999-2003; BCL Burton Copeland 2003; partner 2006. Contributing writer ‘The Police Station Adviser’s Index’ (Sweet & Maxwell, 4th ed).
Languages
French, Italian.
Member
London Criminal Courts Solicitors’ Association; Health & Safety Lawyers’ Association; Royal Society of Medicine.
Education
Langleybury School, Kings Langley; East Anglia University (1995 LLB Hons Law); College of Law, Guildford (1996 LPC).
Leisure
Football, travel.
Practice Areas
Crime - corporate; Crime - general; Fraud