Education
L.L.B. (Bristol).
Profile
Specialist in white collar fraud, insider dealing, FSA and other regulatory work, corporate manslaughter/gross negligence manslaughter, health and safety, trade descriptions, international criminal law, extradition and European law. Frequently works in partnership with foreign lawyers in cases involving several jurisdictions. He has recently worked with lawyers in the USA, France, and Switzerland. Also acts in high profile general criminal cases and has wide experience in the Court of Appeal and Administrative Court. Committee member Criminal Bar Association, chair of C.B.A. working party on Involuntary Manslaughter(2000), member of standing committee of Justice on fraud trials and prepared submissions to the Fraud Trials Committee. He has also acted in Public Inquiries and has appeared before various professional regulatory and disciplinary bodies. Frequently advises in cases that do not result in proceedings being instituted, often on behalf of professional clients. Has represented and advised international corporations, foreign governments, national companies, trade unions and a wide range of professionals including lawyers, accountants, doctors, engineers, bankers, etc.
He has been instructed to advise in relation to the Halliburton Investigation currently the subject of a Justice Department Inquiry in the U.S.A. and a judicial investigation in France. Has recently advised cases of alleged corporate corruption, cases before the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers and has recently given expert evidence in Australia in the class action brought against the American tobacco industry.
Articles William Clegg QC: The Master Defender - East Anglian Daily Times, Suffolk, Issue 108, May 2 2009. (14 May 2009)
Cases
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