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William Clegg QC
Year of call: 1972
Year of silk: 1991
Recorder: Recorder 1992

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

Domestic Appellate Cases
R v N & C [2008] EWCA 1223

R v Megrabi [2008] 2 CAR 36

R v Liaquat Ali No. 2 2007/1079/B4

R v Browse 2008/0122/C5

R v Barry George [2007] EWCA Crim 2722

R v El Kurd [2008] 1 CAR 1

R v Sakavickas [2008] 1 CAR 1

R v (Director of Revenue & Customs Pros.) v CCRC [2007] 1 CAR 30

R v Morris [2007] EWCA Crim 2653

R v Ramzan [2006] 1 CAR 10

R v Aarons [2005] EWCA Crim 3212

R v Baluchi [2005] All ER (D) 274 (Oct)

R v Knox-Hooke [2005] EWCA Crim 2349

R v Maloney [2005] EWCA Crim 2210

R v Liaquat Ali No. 1 [2006] 1 CAR 8

R v Tahir [2006] EWCA Crim 792 ???

R v Lawson [2007] 1 CAR 20

R v Edwards [2004] EWCA Crim 2498

R v Sharpe [2003] EWCA Crim 3870

R v Bain [2003] EWCA 525

International Appellate Cases
R v Hunter [2003] UKPC69

Prosecutor v Tadic ICLR Vol. 1. p. 119

Prosecutor v Jelisic ICLR Vol. 2 p.77

Prosecutor v Josipovica IT-95-16-A

R v Clegg [2000] NI 305

R v O'Brian ECHR

R v Huggins [2008] UKPC 32

Serious Fraud Office Cases
R v Brook Instructed on behalf of defence in alleged £240,000,000 investment fraud.
R. Vahey Appeared for Defence
SFO prosecution of asset stripping company.
R v Woodhead Appeared for Defence
S.F.O. Prosecution syphoning company funds to shadow director.
R v O'Brien Appeared for Defence
S.F.O. Prosecution - Alliance Resource plc
R v Anderson Appeared for Defence
S.F.O. Prosecution Brent Walker plc
R v Smithson Appeared for Defence
S.F.O. Prosecution - The Arrows plc
R v Clews Appeared for Defence
S F O Prosecution - Butte Mining plc
R v Smith Appeared for Defence
S F O Prosecution - W.S.T.C Merchant Bank
R v Adler Appeared for Defence
S F O Prosecution - £100 million banking fraud
R v Spearman Appeared for Defence
S F O Prosecution - Insider Trading.
Fraud
R v Khan Appeared for Defence
Inland Revenue Prosecution of multi-million pound income tax and corporation fraud
R v Vanderhill Appeared for Defence
VAT fraud.
R v Dannison Appeared for Defence
D.T.I. prosecution
R v Weston Appeared for Defence
Excise Duty Evasion
Murder/Manslaughter
R v S
Date: 2009
R. v. N Ltd, O & O Appeared for Prosecution
Corporate and gross negligence manslaughter plus related health and safety offences, corporate and individual, following death of worker in machine. Led for prosecution.
Court: Central Criminal Court 
R v Duckenfield Appeared for Defence
Defence of Police Superintendent in charge of Hillsborough Football Stadium.
R v Stone Appeared for Defence
Chillingdon Murders (Russell Family). Also appeared for the defendant on Appeal.
R v Stagg Appeared for Defence
Wimbledon Common Murder (Rachel Nickel).
R v Wardell Appeared for Defence
Woolwich Building Society Murder.
R v Patel Appeared for Defence
Defence of Surgeon charged with manslaughter.
Miscellaneous Crime
Operation Ore, R v Stevens (Soham Police Officer) Appeared for Defence
Police Officer charged with accessing child pornography on the Internet.
Date: 2003
R v M Appeared for Defence
Prosecution of Solicitor re attempt to pervert the Course of Justice.
R v S Appeared for Defence
Prosecution of Solicitor re attempt to pervert the course of Justice.
R v Serafinowicz Appeared for Defence
War Crimes/Fitness to plead.
R v Dr. X Appeared for Defence
Indecent assault by Doctor on patient.
R v Dr. Z Appeared for Defence
Doctor accused of Gross Indecency.
R v A Appeared for Defence
Appeared for leading Barrister charged with causing death by Dangerous Driving.
Human Rights
Edwards v CCRC [2008] EWHC 2389 (Admin)

R v O'Brien Appeared for Defence
Appearance at the European Court of Human Rights
 
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