Stellar cast of lawyers in phone-hacking case
The Legal Gazzette reports “The full list of law firms and barristers acting in the phone-hacking trial that started at the Old Bailey last week reveals a stellar cast. The eight defendants face various charges following the closure of the News Of the World in 2011. All eight deny all charges. More than 20 barristers… Read more »
Client Acquitted of Money Laundering
Our client was acquitted of a charge of money laundering at the Central Criminal Court (the Old Bailey) on 2nd August 2013 following a 5 week trial with six defendants. Three of the defendants were convicted. Patricia Wilson was lead Solicitor from Bark&co with Counsel Vincenzo Esposito.
Italian National Acquitted
The firm was instructed to act for an Italian national who was being extradited to the UK. At that point we attained an assurance from the Home Office that in the event of a conviction and custodial sentence, the client would be returned to Italy to serve any sentence. We secured bail for our client… Read more »
Tim Whiston Cleared After 7 years
Giles Bark-Jones acted for Mr. Tim Whiston, the former CEO of iSOFT Group plc. The FCA opened an investigation into alleged accounting irregularities at the NHS software provider in late 2006. In 2010 our client was charged along with three other former directors for conspiring to make misleading statements, contrary to section 397 (1)(a) and (2) of the Financial Services and… Read more »
R v Davies & Others – Client Acquitted
Senior Solicitor Dina Patel acted for Mr Davies who was acquitted yesterday at Bristol Crown Court of all charges against him. The prosecution had alleged that Mr Davies was the controlling mind behind a mortgage fraud conspiracy together with six other defendants. The alleged conspiracy was to obtain mortgages by the supply of false income details… Read more »
Our client Gregg Fryett in The Independent
Bark&co has been quoted in The Independent regarding the imprisonment of our client, Gregg Fryett, in Cambodia: Independent
R v Bachu and Others – Prosecution Case Dropped
Bark & Co acted for Miss Bachu who was charged with conspiracy to supply heroin along with 12 other co-defendants following a one year long sting operation by the Bristol & Reading Police. At Bristol Crown Crown Court, following an abuse of process application made by Counsel instructed by Bark & Co Solicitors, the Prosecution were forced… Read more »
Bark & Co Successfully Appeal HMRC Assessments on £22.7m Alleged Duty & VAT Case
Bark & Co Solicitors representing Mr Gurdip Singh Dhadwal successfully appealed assessments raised by HMRC following their allegations that he was party to an excise duty and VAT fraud totalling £22.7 million. This matter before the First-Tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) and the High Court (Chancery and Administrative) was rejected on all of HMRC’s pleaded grounds and costs were awarded to Mr Dhadwal on an indemnity basis…. Read more »
Bark & Co’s Response To The Sentencing of Kweku Adoboli
Bark & Co act for Kweku Adoboli who on Tuesday 20 November 2012 was acquitted by a Southwark jury on four counts of false accounting under the Theft Act 1968 and convicted of two counts of fraud by abuse of position under the Fraud Act 2006. Bark & Co first took over Kweku’s instruction when he was remanded to HMP Wandsworth in December 2011. Having… Read more »
Bark & Co Represent Finance Director of Marrache & Co
Bark & Co has been engaged by Lexicon Legal in the defence of Mr Solomon Marrache, former Finance Director of Marrache & Co, in a criminal proceedings brought in Gibraltar regarding an alleged multi-million pound fraud. He is charged with conspiring with the partners of Marrache & Co – Isaac Marrache and Benjamin Marrache – and with Leanne Turnbull to defraud the clients of Marrache & Co and also Jyske Bank. Marrache & Co… Read more »
