Chambers of Monica Carss-Frisk QC and Anthony Peto QC
BLACKSTONE HOUSE, TEMPLE, LONDON, EC4Y, ENGLAND
- Tel:
- Work 020 7583 1770
- Fax:
- Fax 020 7822 7350
- DX:
- 281 LONDON CHANCERY LANE
- Web:
- www.blackstonechambers.com
- Email:
Anthony Peto QC
- Tel:
- Work +44 20 7583 1770
- Email:
Position
Barrister specialising in commercial and corporate litigation particularly civil fraud and asset recovery; international and banking fraud; freezing orders; search orders; injunctions and other investigative pre-emptive remedies; breach of confidence; breach of fiduciary duty. Interesting cases include: counsel to a multibillion-dollar international software house in several large anti-counterfeiting claims; representing a major international pharmaceutical company in cases of corruption in the pharmaceutical industry and drug counterfeiting; acting for the Treasury Solicitor securing misappropriated Crown monies; acting for Serious Organised Crime Agency in multimillion-pound civil recovery actions; acting for consortium of insured against 150 defendants in mortgage fraud case, obtaining 80 search, delivery up and freezing orders; representing HH Sheikh Mohammad Al-Thani (in a multimillion-pound fraud action against alleged bribers).
Career
Qualified 1985; Middle Temple; Silk 2009; Counsel to the Crown A Panel, 2008.
Languages
Working knowledge French.
Member
COMBAR.
Education
University of Oxford (MA; BCL).
Leisure
Playing chamber music (piano), literature, politics, walking, tennis.
Practice Areas
Fraud: civil; Intellectual property; Litigation - commercial
