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Michael Levy
Year of call: 1979

Education
LLB (Hons)


Profile

Has an almost exclusively criminal defence practice in both Serious Crime and Fraud. Also regularly instructed in other areas of criminal litigation. Frequently instructed as a Leading Junior.

  • Serious crime
  • Fraud – Corporate and Personal-(including prosecutions brought by SFO, missing trader and advance fee fraud)
  • Money Laundering and Confiscation
  • Regulatory Tribunals( including the F.A and Police Disciplinary)
  • Coroners Inquests
  • Defending in cases prosecuted by Health and Safety Executive and the Environment Agency
  • War Crimes
  • Road Traffic


Languages
French; German

Memberships
South Eastern Circuit; Criminal Bar Association; British Academy of Forensic Science; International Criminal Law Association.

Cases
Fraud
R v Khaliq Appeared for Defence (Junior Counsel )
Nigerian advance fee fraud.
Court: Wood Green Crown Court 
R v Kerry Appeared for Defence
VAT fraud.
Court: Nottingham Crown Court 
R v Collins Appeared for Defence
VAT fraud.
Court: Middlesex Crown Court 
R v McMakin Appeared for Defence
One of principal defendants in Operation Stockade. Largest ever single warehouse duty evasion fraud.
Court: Wood Green Crown Court 
R v Whitworth Appeared for Defence
Multi-million pound excise duty and VAT fraud.
Court: Southwark Crown Court 
R v Ebbrell Appeared for Defence (Junior Counsel )
Multi-million pound fraud. Operation Euripus.
Court: Southwark Crown Court 
R v Roberts Appeared for Defence (Junior Counsel )
Money laundering.
Court: Blackfriars Crown Court 
R v Williams Appeared for Defence (Junior Counsel )
Fraud on Network Rail involving millions of pounds.
Court: Snaresbrook Crown Court 
R v Mackay Appeared for Defence (Junior Counsel )
Fraud on Derby County Football Club.
Court: Northampton Crown Court 
Murder/Manslaughter
R v Uddin Appeared for Defence (Junior Counsel )
2 All.E.R.744 Leading case on Joint Enterprise in Murder.
Court: Luton Crown Court 
R v Glenn Appeared for Defence (Junior Counsel )
Murder trial in which Crown sought to adduce the Defendants previous conviction for murder.
Court: Norwich Crown Court 
Drugs
R v Jeans Appeared for Defence
Drug importation. Reported as Van Bokkum and ors [2000]6 Archbold news 2.
Court: Basildon/Harrow Crown Court 
R v Disney Appeared for Defence
Drug importation.
Court: Inner London Crown Court 
R v Murphy and ors Appeared for Defence (Junior Counsel )
‘The Foxtrot Five’. Drug importation of £125 million of cocaine.
Court: Southwark Crown Court 
R v Thame Appeared for Defence
Large scale importation.
Court: Inner London Crown Court 
Miscellaneous Crime
R v Drew Appeared for Defence
Prostitution - Principal Defendant in a large scale escort and prostitution Conspiracy. Meaning of ‘control ’.
Court: Southwark Crown Court 
R v Megne Appeared for Defence
Large scale Eastern European people smuggling.
Court: Maidstone Crown Court 
R v Oliver Appeared for Defence
Tachograph falsification conspiracy.
Court: Newcastle Crown Court 
R v Savill Appeared for Defence
Sex case involving unusual sexual acts and ability to consent.
Court: Chelmsford Crown Court 
R v Cook Appeared for Defence
Prison mutiny.
Court: Leicester Crown Court 
War Crimes
R v Serafinowicz Appeared for Defence (Junior Counsel )
First counsel instructed to defend in first ever Prosecution under the War Crimes Act.
Court: Central Criminal Court 
R v Jelesic Appeared for Defence
War crimes case at the International Criminal Tribunal in the Hague.
Court: International Criminal Tribunal in the Hague 
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