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Daniel Janner KC is an experienced criminal silk with expertise in serious crime fraud and regulatory law.

He prosecutes and defends in some of the most serious criminal matters including; homicide, sexual offences, drugs and firearm offences. Daniel is regularly instructed by clients at a pre-charge stage and throughout the criminal proceedings. This has led him to deal with several matters at the Court of Appeal, whereby he has dealt with appeal matters ranging from sexual offences to murder convictions.

Daniel also has vast experience in dealing in fraud matters where he has dealt with VAT, money-laundering and bribery and corruption acting for both individuals and corporates.

His practice in regulatory law has resulted in representing doctors in disciplinary proceedings before the General Medical Council.

Some of his many prominent cases include:

Heysel Stadium football extraditions.

Knightsbridge Safety Deposit box robbery.

Oyston and Martin rape trials.

French Student murder trial.

“Happy Slap” murder trial.

London City Bond fraud trial.

Rodley “Lord of Fraud” trial.

McGrath corruption and money laundering trial.

Cleeve Prior missing body murder trial.

Gouldbourne Cayman Islands murder trial.

Howeson historic sexual offences trial

Crossharbour DLR murder trial.

Hoverd murder trial.

He has been called to the Cayman Islands Bar.

He has been an editor of the Criminal Appeal Reports since 1994.

Daniel is a Bencher of the Middle Temple and was a Jules Thorn scholar.

In 2022, he was appointed Duty Counsel at the International Criminal Court.

Trinity Hall, Cambridge where he was elected President of the Cambridge Union Society in 1978.