White Collar Crime Solicitors

Our solicitors deal with applications to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) in the United Kingdom. If you want expert advice from criminal injury compensation claim solicitors for injury caused as a result of criminal violence just call our solicitors helpline or email our offices. We offer the no win no fee scheme and our criminal injury compensation claim solicitors will deal with your claim for damages with the utmost care.

White Collar Crime Solicitors

The seriousness of white collar crime should not be underestimated as these offences frequently involve large sums of money together with an element of breach of trust and often with the involvement of co-conspirators. The offence of conspiracy carries with it a potential life sentence:-

“A conspiracy is an agreement between two or more people to carry out a criminal purpose, whether that purpose is an end in itself or a means to an end.”

These cases are usually complicated and may involve the analysis of thousands of documents by specialist police officers over a period of years. A conviction can lead to a sentence of imprisonment even if the offender has no previous record of criminal convictions.

If you have been accused of an offence of this nature you need to be absolutely sure that the firm of criminal solicitors who you instruct to represent you in court knows what they are doing and that they have the track record and experience to properly present your defence.

If you are being investigated or have been arrested or charged you need to know that your lawyers have the expertise to handle your case. Expert criminal solicitors should be fully equipped to meet the most demanding cases including:-

corporate fraud
Department of Trade and Industry cases
VAT and Inland Revenue investigations
accounting investigations
mortgage fraud
large scale fraud against financial institutions
charities fraud

Legal Aid for the defence of white collar crime charges in the Magistrates Court is available without a means test and in the Crown Court legal aid will be granted provided that the court is satisfied that the interests of justice are served by publicly funding a defence team. In these cases the interests of justice test may be satisfied in the following circumstances:-

if there is likely to be a sentence of imprisonment if convicted

if mental or physical disability or language problems cause difficulties in understanding the proceedings

if the outcome of a guilty plea or verdict could lead to termination of employment

for appeals against decisions of the courts
for proceedings relating to allegations of contempt of court

If you are under investigation or have been arrested or charged with an offence you need to be sure that your criminal solicitor has the expertise and experience to protect you from the loss of your liberty. Serious fraud defence is a specialised area of legal work and it is in your interests to be represented by an expert.