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Mr Jason Sugarman KC
Work Department
Foundry Chambers
White collar fraud, regulatory and criminal prosecution and defence
Position
Barrister and Queen’s Counsel
Career
Jason Sugarman QC has been a practising Barrister specialising in white-collar commercial fraud cases for some 21 years. Jason’s expertise extends to corporate criminal matters such as Intra-Community Carousel fraud, Serious Fraud Office Prosecution and defending commercial wrongdoing cases, Financial Service Regulation and corruption cases.
Jason has over 20 years’ experience of dealing with government departments including: SFO (A List since 2013 – 17) BIS (formerly DTI), Customs and Revenue and Department of Work and Pensions. He has also been instructed as grade 4 specialist CPS prosecutor with specialisms in fraud and serious sexual offences including rape.
For many years he was on the CPS panel of specialist rape and serious sexual offences and successfully prosecuted a number of cases.
Jason is recognised as a leading criminal specialist, listed in The Legal 500. His appointment as Queen’s Counsel is a recognition of excellence in written and oral advocacy in the higher courts.
Languages
French (basic)
Memberships
Elected to the Bar Council 2021
Bar Council Remuneration Committee
Governing Bencher of Inner Temple (elected 2019)
QC List for SFO Prosecution Panel (2021)
Criminal Bar Association
South Eastern Circuit
Honorary Fellow in Law Durham University
Authorised to act as facilitator in specialized advocacy training for cases concerning vulnerable witnesses
Education
Durham University and Westminster University
Visiting Fellow of Durham University
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Fraud: crime
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3With ‘a number of very good individuals specialising in fraud’, Foundry Chambers is widely praised as ‘an excellent set’. James Waddington KC has an ‘ability to grasp complex financial facts extremely quickly’ and continues to act in relation to the SFO’s investigation into London Capital and Finance plc. In 2022, Jason Sugarman KC, leading Jessica Tate, defended in a case concerning a boiler room mis-selling rights to mine in Ecuador – the defendant received a suspended sentence. Benjamin Waidhofer , ‘a force to be reckoned with’, recently represented a person who falsely claimed to head the trading desk at Bank of America, convincing members of the public to invest in non-existent products; following his first police interview, the defendant confessed to a second set of frauds on life insurers, falsely claiming to be terminally ill to claim payouts on several policies.