JONATHAN BARNARD

RECENT CASES

• Secured only non-custodial sentence for violent disorder in University tuition fees demos
• Representing ex-Icelandic banking executives (SFO investigation)
• Representing a hedge fund manager re market abuse (FSA proceedings)
• Advising the CEO of a multi million pound raw materials company (SFO investigation)
• Advising re bribery investigation (internal/SFO)
• Representing the Director of a commercial property company charged with fraud
• Representing a solicitor charged with money laundering
• Appeared before the Supreme Court re Iraq sanctions-busting: R v Forsyth [2011] 2 W.L.R. 277 (SFO prosecution)
• Advised re a Defamation matter
• Advising an overseas construction company re fatality at the Liquid Natural Gas terminal (Health and Safety Executive investigation)
• Successfully appealed sentence in lead authority on environmental pollution: EA v Thames Water [2010] Env. L.R. 34
• Secured the acquittal of a Chief Inspector accused of gross misconduct

OTHER NOTABLE CASES

Fraud/Financial Crime

• R v Kleijn (2011): secured the acquittal of a management consultant accused of industrial fraud
• R v Gohil (2011): Represented a solicitor accused of laundering the proceeds of overseas political corruption through multiple jurisdictions (City of London Overseas Corruption Unit investigation)
• DEFRA v Owen (2010): negotiated one of the first successful "plea agreements" under the AG guidelines in the largest case of fraud ever brought by DEFRA
• Advised Karren Brady, former director of Birmingham City Football Club: letter of representation halted proceedings before charge (2009)
• Advised in SFO v Merlin Biosciences (SFO Investigation, 2009)
• SFO v Bright (2008): defended ex-CEO of reinsurance giant IIC (the "stock market's darling") which collapsed with debts of £1bn (SFO prosecution)
• R v Dr S (2008): secured the acquittal of the country's top breast surgeon accused of medical insurance fraud
• R v Reichwald (CA, 2007): successfully appealed conviction, via the Criminal Cases Review Commission, of a London businessman for multi-million pound international money laundering
• R v Wood (2007): secured a non-custodial sentence for a Director of a US company for market abuse in the UK
• R v Apostolopoulos (2007): successfully prosecuted the first Greek national to be extradited under EAW for large-scale money laundering (included the purchase of an airline)
• R v Ahmet (CA, 2006): successfully appealed money laundering sentence
• R v Azari (2006): represented dentist in NHS claims fraud
• SFO v White (2006): represented accountant accused of multi million pound Ponzi fraud (SFO prosecution)
• R v Canhams (2005): successfully prosecuted fraud on City of London charity; included advising on Mutual Assistance with Eire (City of London Police Fraud Squad investigation)
• HMCE v Namer (2005): Defended “the architect” of a multi-million pound MTIC carousel fraud
• SFO v Feldman (2003): secured the acquittal of a solicitor accused of laundering £16m (SFO prosecution)
• SFO v Barea (2002): defended in the conspiracy to defraud St Paul’s Cathedral of £100m

Crime

• R v ME (2010): letter of representations led to charges being dropped against a high profile singer
• R v Jones (2009): secured acquittal of close protection officer to high profile client
• R v Rodriguez-Brito (2008): secured conviction in a knife attack (defendant represented by a QC)
• R v Payne (2007): secured the first conviction of a British soldier under War Crimes legislation in high profile Court Martial lasting six months
• R v Shane (2006): successfully defended police officer accused of manslaughter
• R v Mollison (2006): represented a police officer on misconduct charges (unlawful accessing of police databases); case included substantial RIPA applications; secured non-custodial sentence
• R v Goztas (2006): secured conviction of every defendant in multi million pound international drug smuggling ring (NCS investigation)
• R v Falkowski (2005): successfully defended psychiatrist accused of drugging and raping a patient’s girlfriend (resulting in the subsequent prosecution and conviction of the complainant for perverting the course of justice, subsequently made into the film "U Be Dead")
• R v Butt (2005): represented the CPS in the High Court in multi-handed, cross-jurisdictional confiscation/divorce proceedings
• R v Khan (2005): secured murder conviction in “honour” killing
• R v Jones (2005): represented long-serving police officer who pleaded guilty to involvement with London gang; included substantial RIPA applications
• R v Penny: (2004) prosecuted gang of armed robbers targeting high value goods in Heathrow warehouses (Flying Squad investigation)
• DPP v Camberwell Green Youth Court (Admin Court, 2003): successfully resisted judicial review of committal proceedings
• R v Farry (2003): defended in a £7m armed robbery conspiracy
• R v Copeland (1999): prosecuted the London nail bomber

Regulatory and Disciplinary

• FSA: currently before the Tribunal re market abuse allegations; advises regularly re FSA proceedings
• AADB: advised re prosecution of Deloitte re MG Rover collapse
• GMC/GDC: instructed in over fifty cases including the most serious and complex, e.g. Dr M (2010) - secured the erasure of a GP re the over-administration of morphine to the terminally ill (18 patients); Dr T (2009) - secured the erasure of a GP in a case of historical sexual assaults (10 complainants); Mr G (2009) - secured findings of operating beyond competence against a leading breast surgeon (10 patients)
• Police disciplinary: recently secured the acquittal of a chief inspector accused of gross misconduct

Health and Safety

• Currently advising a company re death at work HSE investigation

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