David Durose

Year of Call: 1996

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

David Durose, described in The Legal 500 as "one of the up-and-coming barristers", has a criminal practice which focuses on cases of complex fact and law, particularly fraud, corruption, money laundering and drugs conspiracies. He is a member of the Grade 4 CPS Advocacy panel.

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.

So far in 2011 David has led for the Crown in the six-handed prosecution of Operation Tiramisu regarding car-ringing and police and prison corruption, as well as prosecuting separate prison corruption at HMP Pentonville (Op Starfire) and a series of mortgage and VAT frauds totalling nearly £100 million (Conrad and another). He has also ecently prosecuted a chartered surveyor who gave fraudulent valuations as part of a £10 million mortgage fraud.

In 2010 he 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.

Also in 2010, David 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.