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Simon Farrell KC

Position

Simon is one the UK’s leading fraud, corruption, money laundering and proceeds of crime Silks. He has appeared in defining cases in these areas in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court.  Much of his work is now international and he routinely advises banks, corporates and individuals in respect of cross jurisdictional financial and proceeds of crime issues including major investigations by Regulators, SARs, civil recovery and account freezing orders. Recent cases have involved bribery and money laundering connected to China, Vietnam, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, India, Tunisia, Italy and Kenya.

Simon is regularly instructed in civil and criminal cases in which these issues arise in commercial, High Court, arbitral, Crown Court, Tax Tribunal and Appellate proceedings both at home and abroad.  He has recently worked in Dubai, Gibraltar, the Isle of Man and the Sultanate of Brunei on the island of Borneo where he was called to the Bar to represent two High Court Judges there accused of corruption and money laundering.

He is the co-author of several books concerning proceeds of crime, civil recovery, fraud, the Fraud Act 2006, money laundering and the law of confiscation published by Oxford University Press and Butterworths.

Career

Call 1983; Silk 2003

Cambridge University; Hardwicke Scholar, Lincolns Inn

Crown Court Recorder (2007) authorised to sit at the Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey)

Appointed part-time Deemster (Judge), Isle of Man (2012)

Member of Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) Asset Recovery Committee (2008)

Attorney General’s A list of prosecuting counsel in serious fraud cases (2002)

Serious Fraud Office list of approved Queen’s Counsel (2009)

Appointed to the SFO Prosecution List (2013 and 2019)

Appointed to the SFO PoCA List (2013 and 2019)

Education

Cambridge University (BA Hons, MA Hons); City University (Diploma in Law); Hardwicke Scholar, Lincoln’s Inn; Thomas Moore Award.