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Maura McGowan QC
Year of call: 1980
Year of silk: 2001
Recorder: 1996
Deputy High Court Judge: 2010
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Education
LLB (Hons)
Profile
Experienced in defending and prosecuting all forms of criminal offence, especially drugs, violent and sexual assaults and child abuse. Additional extensive experience in corporate, tax, VAT, charity and mortgage fraud.
Memberships
Member of Irish Bar and Criminal Bar Association
Cases
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Serious Fraud Office Cases
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Ostrich Farming Corporation
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Appeared for Defence
Fraudulent trading, representing first defendant in multi-million pound fraud. Operation Nidal
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Fraud
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Boots Plc/Crookes Plc
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Appeared for Defence
Fraudulent trading, managing director of Crookes (subsidiary of Boots) and contractor charged with defrauding company of about £3-4 million.
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Friends of Yours
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Appeared for Defence
Charity Fraud, (represented solicitor defendant) defrauded members of public of £m's ostensibly for benefit of terminally ill children.
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Mitchell & Ors
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Appeared for Defence
Inland Revenue fraud. Series of phoenix companies.
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Roberts & Ors
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Appeared for Defence
Represented first defendant in largest cigarette importation, in a Customs and Excise prosecution
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Murder/Manslaughter
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R v Arran Coghlan and others
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Appeared for Defence
Maura McGowan QC, represented the main defendant in the trial of Arran Coghlan and others on charges of the murder of drug dealer, David Barnshaw, and conspiracies to supply Class A and Class B drugs.
The trial, following one of the lengthiest and complex investigations by the Greater Manchester Police and the National Crime Squad ever, was stayed, after 10 months, for abuse of process following findings of police misconduct and dishonesty.
Date: 2003
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Nash
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Appeared for Defence
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Stephenson
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Appeared for Defence
Baby shaking murder, involving latest research.
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Drugs
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Carpenter & Others
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Appeared for Defence
Police corruption, Michael Michael case, handler officer accused of conspiracy to import £m's of Class A drugs and conspiracy to launder proceeds of same.
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