Barristers Specialising
in Serious Crime:
- Oliver Blunt QC
- Sally O'Neill QC
- D. Anthony Evans QC
- Anton Lodge QC
- Stephen Leslie QC
- Jeremy Carter Manning QC
- Sonia Woodley QC
- John Charles Rees QC
- Paul Garlick QC
- Andrew Menary QC
- Philippa McAtasney QC
- Gordon Cole QC
- Stuart Rafferty QC
- Raymond Lewis
- Christopher Baur
- Hugh Griffiths
- Nigel May
- Gino Connor
- Lisa Matthews
- Stephen Winberg
- Michael Latham
- Keith Hadrill
- Richard Bendall
- Philip Romans
- Roy Headlam
- Nicola Merrick
- Jon Swain
- Joseph Ganner
- David Brock
- Tim Devlin
- Allison Hunter
- Kathryn Hirst
- Charles Sherrard
- Terence Boulter
- Barry Gregory
- Graeme Wilson
- Charles Evans
- Chris Meredith
- Timothy Forster
- Martin Rutherford
- Andrew Henley
- Alexia Power
- Michelle Fawcett
- John Kearney
- Emma Smith
- Caroline Carberry
- Frida Hussain
- Amanda Hamilton
- Julian Winship
- Giles Cockings
- David Durose
- Laban Leake
- Stephen Moses
- Fer Chinner
- Susan Meek
- Richard Hearnden
- Nicholas Mather
- David Miller
- Sally Fudge
- Robert Garson
- Caroline Haughey
- Edith Norrman
- Anu Omideyi
- Ross Cohen
- Joel Smith
- Kemi Fapohunda
- Paul Spreadborough
- Muthupandi Ganesan
- Daniel Jameson
- Chloe Fordham
- Charlotte Powell
- Ben Gordon
- Lisa Freeman
- Craig Harris
- Nicholas Hearn
- Andrew Jordan
- Lisa Wilson
- Matthew Chidley
- John Charles Rees QC
- Muthupandi Ganesan
Serious Crime
Furnival Chambers’ members regularly appear in high-profile criminal cases, acting for both the Defence and the Prosecution.
By way of example, members appeared in:
- The Millennium Dome conspiracy
- The Mardi-Gras bombing conspiracy
- The prosecution of Princess Diana’s butler
- The murder of DC Stephen Oake
- The murder of PC Sharon Beshenivsky
- Deep Cut
- R v Mohammed Dica
- The Tonbridge robbery
- The prosecution of senior judiciary
- The prosecution of the Prime Minister of Mauritius
- The murder of Toni-Ann Byfield
- Significant death row appeals
- High-profile Official Secrets Act trials
Furnival Chambers have been instructed in some of the largest and most complex terrorism cases in recent times; such as:
- The Fertiliser Bomb plot
- The series of ‘21/7’ bombing cases
- The Ricin conspiracy
- Almost every other major terrorist case awaiting trial
Members regularly appear in the Privy Council, House of Lords, Court of Appeal and Divisional Court.
Many members undertake high profile work on behalf of:
- The Assets Recovery Agency
- H.M. Revenue and Customs
- The Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) / DTI
- The Serious Fraud Office
- The Department of Works & Pensions
- The Crown Prosecution Service
Chambers also act on behalf of respondents in cases involving these authorities.
Members regularly conduct cases in theCommonwealth and especially in Caribbean jurisdictions.
Chambers & Partners (2011) says
“…Furnival Chambers is one of the Country’s leading sets of chambers specialising in fraud and serious crime. Chambers has specialist teams with recognised significant expertise in the following areas: serious crime, fraud, money laundering, regulatory (from financial to medical), inquests, extradition and terrorism. Members of Chambers have appeared either for the prosecution or defence in the majority of the high profile and leading cases within each field over the last few years”.
The "supremely bright" Oliver Blunt QC is an expert in serious crime. "He has a very good way with the jury and enviable cross examination skills”.
Sally O’Neil QC and Anthony Evans QC are also recommended in Chambers & Partners 2011 as leading Silks in crime.
Jon Swain and Natalie Sherborn are recommended in Chambers & Partners 2011 as leading juniors in crime.
Paul Garlick QC and Joel Smith are recommended as a leading Silk and leading junior in extradition.
Legal 500 (2008/2009) says
"...Furnival Chambers ... is strong across criminal law. Oliver Blunt QC is ‘enormously in demand’. In 2007 he was involved in R v Butt, an eight-handed double murder, and R v Sherif, relating to the attempted 21/7 London bombings.
Contact
The Serious Crime clerking team is led by Stephen Ball and Joel Mason