Vincent Coughlin QC

Year of Call: 1980

Queen's Counsel: 2003

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

First singled out by "The Lawyer" as being "exceptionally good", since taking silk, demand for Vincent's robust court style has led twice to his appearance in the legal aid top ten high earners. A criminal defender for thirty years and a natural jury advocate, Vincent has an outstanding track record with a breadth of experience ranging through complex tax and revenue frauds, terrorism, homicide, corporate corruption, money laundering, gang killings, drugs importations and sexual offences.

Vincent has also advised the Financial Services Authority as a consultant to the Enforcement Division, and written on a variety of criminal topics for the Times, the Sunday Times and the Evening Standard as well as appearing on BBC's Newsnight.

 

Enron       21/7       Guiness       Deep Cut       Madrid train bombings       Lexi Holdings       Stansted hijacking       Goldman Sachs       Irahbi007       Pentagon hacker       Millennium Dome robbery       Kent Pharmaceuticals       Paul Burrell       DC Stephen Oake murder       Anthrax       DC Sharon Beshenivsky murder       Tonbridge robbery       PC Ian Broadhurst murder       Fertiliser bomb plot       BCCI        Ricin plot       Blue Arrow       Capewell       Elf Oil       Trojan Horse computer virus       Gloucester shoe bomber       Al-Qa'eda training camps plot       Extraordinary rendition       Beheading plot       Jennings & May       Beauty in the bath       9/11       The lady in the Lake       Mohammed Dica       Jane Andrews       Ruth Ellis       May Day riots       Liquid bomb plot       Adams Family