Tim Godfrey > Red Lion Chambers > London, England > Barrister Profile

Tim Godfrey

020 7520 6000 chambers@18rlc.co.uk View profile

Position

Tim has a busy criminal practice both prosecuting and defending. He is a specialist in financial crime as well as serious and organised crime cases and regulatory work.

As grade 4 counsel, Tim prosecutes serious and complex cases for the CPS, frequently as a leading junior. His experience encompasses cases brought by HMRC, the HSE, BIS (now BEIS) and The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency as well as serious violent crime.

Tim is instructed in defence work around the country and has considerable experience of defending in matters including fraud, money laundering and large-scale drugs trials.

Tim has expertise in dealing with stand-alone applications relating to cash and asset forfeiture, confiscation and preventative orders such as sexual harm prevention orders. He advises the police and prosecution agencies in the sensitive areas of search warrants and legal professional privilege, e.g. for the LIBOR investigation, the Grenfell Tower Fire investigation and relating to terrorism suspects and mutual legal assistance.

Career

Year of call: 1997, Middle Temple

Appointments:

– CPS specialist panels for Fraud, Organised Crime and Counter-terrorism (grade 4)

– CPS grade 4 panel for general crime

– SFO panel A counsel: prosecutions

– SFO panel A counsel: proceeds of crime

– Deputy District Judge

Memberships

Criminal Bar Association; South Eastern Circuit; Association of Regulatory & Disciplinary Lawyers (ARDL)

Education

LL.B (Hons) Sheffield