The specialist fraud department at EAD Solicitors LLP has a fraud lawyer team dedicated to giving clients facing criminal proceedings the very best service. As members of the Specialist Fraud Panel, the fraud lawyer team has particular experience in dealing with serious fraud prosecutions relating to Revenue and Customs offences, conspiracies to defraud and fraudulent trading. EAD Solicitors LLP's fraud lawyer team has experience in dealing with offences involving international money laundering and can assist you in dealing with Restraint and Confiscation orders under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
EAD Solicitors LLP's fraud lawyer team can also advise and assist those involved in criminal investigations into alleged procurement fraud. This can include providing a fraud lawyer team to deal with allegations by the Police or the Office of Fair Trading where it is alleged that parties have sought to collude or gain an unfair advantage in bidding for projects such as schools, council and major construction contracts and where allegations of public sector corruption may be involved. The EAD Solicitors LLP fraud lawyer team is very experienced in these areas.
At EAD Solicitors LLP our fraud lawyer team can assist in dealing with multi jurisdictional evidence gathering in cases of fraud and internet crime. Our fraud lawyer team has also successfully mounted applications in many foreign countries to obtain evidence for use in trials in this country by means of mutual legal assistance provisions and treaties. The EAD Solicitors LLP fraud lawyer team also used Judicial Letters Of Request for these cases.
EAD Solicitors LLP's specialist fraud lawyer team can provide a full range of services to all clients who are the subject of criminal investigation in the following areas: missing trader or carousel VAT fraud, fraudulent evasion of duty, contract procurement fraud and construction tendering fraud. The fraud lawyer team can also offer assistance in O.F.T. bid rigging investigations, corruption, fraudulent trading, money laundering and asset seizure, Internet and computer fraud and identity fraud. Other serious cases like conspiracy, drugs importation and supply, people smuggling, restraint orders and Confiscation orders can be dealt with by EAD Solicitors LLP's fraud lawyer team.
Gary became a solicitor in 1986 and has been a partner at the firm since 1989 where he now heads up the fraud lawyer team and the department as a whole. Gary is the Legal Service Commission's designated fraud panel supervising solicitor and is a qualified Higher Courts Criminal Advocate. In the fraud lawyer team Gary has had considerable experience in defending in serious and complex cases involving fraud and corruption. His expertise in the fraud lawyer team cover tax fraud and in particular the fraudulent evasion of VAT and carousel otherwise known as missing trader fraud as well as dealing with matters concerning asset restraint and confiscation proceedings. As head of the fraud lawyer team he has a particular interest in assisting those suspected in investigations where collusion in procurement processes is alleged. Gary recently successfully represented a lead Defendant, along with the fraud lawyer team, in a major high profile procurement fraud. He has also worked on Internet copyright and trade mark cases investigated by the National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU). He is one of the few fraud lawyer individuals with practical experience in providing assistance to Defendants, charged in UK courts, in making applications before US Federal Courts and has assisted in a number of fraud lawyer team matters involving defence applications for mutual legal assistance in a variety of foreign jurisdictions.
Eileen Chisnall is one of the fraud lawyer team's specialist case workers with a Masters degree in Criminal Justice from Liverpool University. Eileen has a Law Society Police Station Accreditation and over 20 years experience in dealing with a wide variety of complex and serious criminal work. Withing the fraud lawyer team, Eileen specialises in the defence of those investigated and charged with the importation and supply of controlled drugs. She has significant in the fraud lawyer team in dealing with multi handed conspiracy cases involving people trafficking and acting for foreign and UK based Defendants.
Kelly Monaghan heads up EAD Solicitors LLP's magistrates court department in the fraud lawyer team. Kelly is an experienced advocate and accredited duty solicitor. She joined EAD Solicitors LLP's fraud lawyer team in 2004 from another large Criminal Legal practice. Kelly has significant experience in dealing with a wide range of serious and challenging cases both in the Magistrates Court and in the higher courts. Tony Palmer is one of E.A.D's fraud lawyer team and is a Law Society accredited police station representative. Tony has vast experience over many years of defending suspects countrywide at the Police Station.
EAD Solicitors LLP's fraud lawyer team proactively represents a range of clients who are the subject of multi jurisdictional criminal investigation throughout Europe, USA and Asia. Some of the fraud lawyer team's most recent instructions have included successfully conducted the following cases:
A lead Defendant in criminal proceedings at Southwark Crown Court charged with corruption, conspiracy to defraud and money laundering at the Millennium Dome.
The fraud lawyer team prepared proceedings and acting and advising in Mutual legal assistance applications in the following jurisdictions: US District Court Miami, Florida; Madrid, Spain; State of Victoria, Australia, Japan.
Defendant charged with computer hacking copyright and trademark infringement, acting in mutual legal assistance proceedings for disclosure in the US District Court for the District of Columbia.
The fraud lawyer team dealt with a lead defendant charged in a HM Revenue and Customs investigation into a Charity and P.A.Y.E. fraud.
Accountancy practitioner currently under investigation by HM Revenue and Customs.
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