Notable Cases

We have included below a selection of our high profile and/or notable cases we have been involved with in recent years: -

Wang Yam

The first case in peace-time where a Defendant was prevented from giving evidence in open court, this was a highly complex and unusual murder case attracting national publicity. The victim, an author-recluse, was found by the police in his home in the Millionaire’s getaway of Hampstead some two months after he had been battered to death. Following an international manhunt the Defendant was extradited from Switzerland and twice stood trial. On each occasion he was stopped from giving evidence in open Court as there were concerns that this would constitute a breach of national security. This ruling drew attention across the legal spectrum as it not only highlighted concerns over restrictions on  defendant’s right to present his defence in public but also the limitations on press freedom to report such cases.  Janes Solicitors together with Kirsty Brimelow QC are now taking this case to the European Court of Human Rights.

 

Otis Ferry

Son of the rock star Bryan Ferry and renowned political campaigner in his own right, the client was charged with perverting the course of justice arising out of criminal proceedings for an offence of robbery. Following negotiations with the Crown Prosecution Service all proceedings in respect of the perverting charge were dropped and the Crown accepted a guilty plea to a minor, affray-related offence. Set against the backdrop of the fox-hunting debate, the case was highly politicised and attracted widespread national publicity. Janes Solicitors briefed Geoffrey Cox QC for this case.

 

Fergal Lynch

Arguably the most highly publicised fraud trial of the decade and certainly the first of its kind, Janes Solicitors along with Counsel George Carter-Stevenson QC and Kate Bex represented the jockey Fergal Lynch who was charged with six others, including six time British Champion jockey Keiron Fallon, with a conspiracy to defraud Betfair customers by fixing races. Following submissions in which Counsel for Janes Solicitors took a leading role at the end of the prosecution case all defendants were acquitted.

 

Johnson & Johnson

Janes solicitors along with Counsel Sallie Bennett-Jenkins QC, David Nathan QC, Mark Fenhalls and Robert Rinder represented two brothers, Crisdian and Shane Johnson who were charged with Murder and Attempted Murder following what the Crown described as an organised gang related knife fight which took place in a park in south London in April 2009.

The case made headline news as it was the first time that Canine DNA has been presented as evidence in a British court. 

Anand Jain

Janes Solicitors represented the second defendant in a high profile case prosecuted by the Serious Fraud Office. The Allied Deals/RBG Resources fraud was a truly global fraud that cost banks $700 million dollars worldwide. The Serious Fraud Office were claiming that in the confiscation proceedings the benefit figure that should be held against our client was in excess of $1 bn. Janes successfully argued that there should be no confiscation proceedings against our client and no order was made. Janes Solicitors instructed Lord Carlile QC and Alison Levitt QC.

Shinder Gangar

Janes Solicitors represented the main defendant in confiscation proceedings in connection with a prosecution by the Serious Fraud Office of one of the largest Ponzi frauds ever prosecuted in the UK. Geoffey Cox QC and Nathaniel Rudolf were instructed in this case.

 

Jubilee Line Fraud

Janes Solicitors represented a key defendant in one of the most iconic fraud cases of modern times. The trial collapsed after 18 months before a jury.