David Durose

Year of Call: 1996

Specialist practice areas: Serious Crime, Criminal/Civil Fraud, Regulation/Compliance, Asset Forfeiture

David Durose has a criminal practice which focuses on cases of complex fact and law, particularly fraud, corruption, money laundering and drugs conspiracies.

He has a particular interest and expertise in financial crime, computer crime and regulatory offences, and has appeared in cases covering diverse areas of fraud such as share dealing, pension funds and MTIC carousels.

He has recently acted as leading junior counsel for the Crown in the prosecution of PC Mark Bohannan, a Metropolitan Police Officer who entered into a corrupt relationship with a substantial drug dealer who was supplying free cocaine to Mrs Bohannan in return for intelligence from the police computer systems.

David has also recently prosecuted a police officer responsible for obtaining £3.5 million of fraudulent mortgages. He has substantial experience of banking  and identity fraud, prosecuting a long running and sophisticated network of West African fraudsters which led to convictions in six separate sets of proceedings.

Away from fraud, David also led for the Crown on the biggest ever graffiti trial in Britain, the main Defendant in which had been employed to add his graffiti to the set of Eastenders! David has also appeared in cases brought by the Federation Against Copyright Theft, the DTI / BERR, the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority, Trading Standards and other specialist regulatory bodies.

He is regularly instructed by the CPS Central Fraud Group, CPS Special Casework and CPS Special Crime. 

David co-wrote the CBA's response to the Sentencing Guidelines Council's paper on sentencing for Corporate Homicide and related offences with Mohammed Khamisa QC, Amanda Pinto QC and Martin Evans.