Bark&co

Criminal litigation, regulatory investigations

Up until February 2003, partner and head of litigation and investigations in Dechert’s London office. He set up Byrne and Partners as a specialised litigation and regulatory practice. He handles all aspects of investigations work and represents companies and individuals in national and international fraud cases and regulatory investigations, including those brought by the SFO, DTI, CPS, FCA, Inland Revenue and Customs & Excise. He maintains a specialism and is well recognised in the field of Inland Revenue and Customs & Excise investigations.

David’s current cases include representing an individual in the SFO investigation into London Capital & Finance plc, and advising the organisation Unite the Union. He recently won a landmark ruling at the Supreme Court where the court found that suspects of crime have a reasonable expectation of privacy (Bloomberg LP (Appellant) v ZXC (Respondent) [2022] UKSC 5).

Trained Norton Rose; qualified 1978; Norton Rose; Clifford Turner; Titmuss Sainer Dechert; Partner Dechert; Co-founding partner Byrne and Partners 2003.

BA Law (First Class Honours); Maxwell Law Prize; Kings College, London (LLM).