Mr Andrew Haslam KC KC > Exchange Chambers > Leeds, England > Barrister Profile
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Mr Andrew Haslam KC KC
Work Department
Criminal and Regulatory
Position
Andrew is a highly experienced criminal and regulatory barrister with over 28 years’ experience at the Bar.
Andrew has particular expertise in high value fraud and financial crime for both the prosecution and defence. These include mortgage, VAT, financial services, investment fraud and fraudulent trading. He regularly receives instructions for advice pre-charge by the Serious Fraud Division (SFD), the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) and other regulatory bodies, including National Trading Standards.
In his work for the MMO, Andrew has dealt with and developed a unique understanding of wholly new areas of domestic and international law. In Op Iroko, he was instructed to provide pre-charge advice in the first prosecution of a business directly connected to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing off West Coast of Africa. He was notably instructed to advise the Falkland Islands Government in R v Baston and others, the first prosecution for deliberate targeting of fish without a licence.
Alongside his financial crime specialism, Andrew continues to act for individuals charged with serious and organised criminal offences, from murder and firearms cases to serious sexual offences and drugs conspiracies.
Andrew prides himself on his attention to detail, thorough preparation, his understanding of complex legal and evidential issues and his ability to resolve them.
Career
Called 1991; Silk 2018
Memberships
North Eastern Circuit
Criminal Bar Association
JUSTICE
Education
LLB (University of Leicester)
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > North Eastern Circuit > Crime (general and fraud)
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Andrew Haslam KC – Exchange Chambers ‘Andrew is a devastating prosecutor. He works extremely hard; he knows every detail and is relentless in the best possible way.’
The Leeds office of the ‘dynamic‘ set Exchange Chambers houses a criminal team with ‘strength in depth‘. The group has been kept especially busy handling large-scale drugs conspiracies, murder, complex fraud and terrorism cases. The ‘very thoughtful‘ Nicholas Johnson KC ‘is able to instill confidence in juries‘, and Andrew Haslam KC‘s ‘judgement is excellent‘. Among the juniors, Stephen Grattage successfully prosecuted a man for conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration into the UK, as well as separate violence and firearms offences. In a separate matter, Charlotte Noddings acted as junior counsel in a multi-handed murder trial for one of the defendants, who was charged with the murder of an 18-year-old man by way of joint enterprise; the defendant was acquitted of all charges.