Case News from Bark & Co

We are acting for four individuals charged in relation to an alleged Conspiracy to Cheat the Public Revenue, committed between January 2017 and March 2022, through a well-defined, highly sophisticated infrastructure set up and operated by an Organised Crime Group (OCG).

We acted for this individual as one of ten individuals charged in relation to an alleged alcohol diversion fraud operated on a massive scale in 2009 and 2010. It was claimed that alcohol was purchased free of duty from bonded warehouses in France on false representations as to its onward transfer.

Maria Mester, represented by Raj Dayal of Bark and Co, has been cleared by a jury in the UK’s largest ever burglary trial.  After a seven week trial at Isleworth Crown Court, Ms Mester, described by the prosecution as the lead defendant , was unanimously found not guilty of all five counts which included sums… Read more »

Germany v JB George Hepburne-Scott, Counsel instructed by Magdalena Motyl of Bark & Co Solicitors, secured bail for our client in the case of Germany v JB. Our client’s extradition is sought by Germany in relation to an allegation of conspiracy to murder going back to early 1998. Extradition is being resisted on multiple grounds… Read more »

Anon vs. Regina The defendant was accused of murdering a young man outside a nightclub in Kingston. The defendant, who accepted being a habitual knife carrier, got caught up in an argument outside a nightclub in Kingston town centre. The defendant admitted using his knife to injure one man and causing a fatal injury to… Read more »

MN v Poland This case involved a Polish national facing extradition for possession of cannabis and amphetamine. The only information we were provided with regarding possible sentence in Poland was that the maximum sentence was 3 years. We submitted that the requested person ought to be discharged under s.21A of the Extradition Act 2003 as… Read more »

R v Greece Top-Rated Extradition Solicitors Bark & Co Successfully Challenged European Arrest Warrant issued by Greece. This was an accusation warrant and related to 7 offences of the alleged participation in a criminal organisation and drugs trafficking. Our client was discharged under s.21(A)(4)(a) of the Extradition Act 2003. Magdalena Motyl of Bark & Co… Read more »

TK v Romania Hheard at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, the District Judge Snow discharged our client Tibor K from the European Arrest Warrant that he faced. This was a conviction warrant which related to 2 offences of theft/burglary. 2 years’ imprisonment were imposed. The Judge discharged our client on offence 1 under Section 10(3) of the… Read more »

Bark & Co are defending a client accused of involvement in a £26m theft Isleworth Crown Court including alleged thefts from homes of Frank Lampard and Tamara Ecclestone. The Daily Mail Reports

Chambers & Partners have now published the 2020 edition of their High Net Worth (HNW) Guide and Bark&co have once again been ranked in Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals – UK. In relation to the firm, Chambers High Net Worth states: Bark&co handles domestic and international financial crime matters for high net worth individuals,… Read more »