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Financial Crime and Confiscation, Criminal Defence | Monday 13 April 2026

Mark Robinson instructed in multimillion-dollar embezzlement case

Mark Robinson, of the Garden Court Financial Crime & Confiscation Team, is privately instructed by Mark Bowen of Shearman Bowen.

Mark Robinson

Financial Crime and Confiscation, Criminal Defence | Wednesday 1 April 2026

Mark Robinson instructed in multimillion-pound VAT fraud trial in Operation Envoy

Mark Robinson is instructed for the lead defendant by Dr Mansouri from Mansouri & Son Solicitors.

Mark Robinson

Financial Crime and Confiscation, Criminal Defence | Thursday 26 March 2026

Michael Goold & Catherine Rose secure unanimous acquittal in £1 million duty evasion trial

Michael Goold & Catherine Rose of the Garden Court Financial Crime & Confiscation team successfully acting, instructed by Panayiotis Symeou of Faradays Solicitors.

Michael GooldCatherine Rose

Criminal Defence, Financial Crime and Confiscation | Wednesday 25 March 2026

Rhiannon Sara Crimmins KC joins Garden Court Chambers

We are delighted to announce that Rhiannon Sara Crimmins KC has joined the Garden Court Chambers’ Crime Team.

Rhiannon Sara Crimmins KC

Criminal Defence, Financial Crime and Confiscation | Thursday 11 December 2025

Mark Robinson instructed to represent Operation Bayburn defendant

Mark is instructed by Unan Choudhury of Lewis Nedas & Co. His client is charged with Conspiracy to Assist Unlawful Immigration to the United Kingdom and Transferring Criminal Property (Money Laundering)

Mark Robinson

Financial Crime and Confiscation, Criminal Defence | Wednesday 5 November 2025

Catherine Rose secures acquittal in £1.6 million duty evasion trial

Catherine Rose of the Garden Court Financial Crime Team was instructed by Matthew Corn of Olliers Solicitors.

Catherine Rose

Financial Crime and Confiscation, Criminal Defence | Tuesday 12 August 2025

Twanieka Alcindor successfully resists application for further detention of seized cash

Twanieka Alcindor of the Garden Court Crime Team acted for the respondent, instructed by Errol Robinson of McGrath & Co (as part of GT Stewart Solicitors).

Twanieka Alcindor

Financial Crime and Confiscation, Criminal Appeals, Criminal Defence | Monday 28 July 2025

‘Never Mind the Bankers’ – Henry Blaxland KC

Henry Blaxland KC of the Garden Court Financial Crime Team discusses the Supreme Court appeals which quashed the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo.

Henry Blaxland KC

Criminal Defence, Financial Crime and Confiscation | Tuesday 23 July 2024

Elizabeth Lambert joins Garden Court Chambers as new tenant

We are delighted to announce that Elizabeth Lambert has joined Garden Court Chambers as a new tenant.

Financial Crime and Confiscation, Criminal Defence | Thursday 16 May 2024

Garden Court barristers secure acquittals for clients in multi-million pound fraud

Alex Taylor-Camara and Daniel Jameson were instructed by Morgan Has Solicitors. Helen Butcher was instructed by ADH Solicitors.

Alex Taylor-CamaraHelen ButcherDaniel Jameson

Financial Crime and Confiscation, Criminal Defence | Friday 19 April 2024

Defendants found with nearly £500,000 cash in baggage acquitted of money laundering

Lucie Wibberley and Russell Fraser of the Garden Court Crime Team represented MT & AU in a 12-day trial at Chelmsford Crown Court, instructed by Ali Has & Dilara Demir of Morgan Has Solicitors.

Lucie WibberleyRussell Fraser

Financial Crime and Confiscation, Criminal Defence | Monday 13 November 2023

Alex Taylor-Camara secures acquittal in fraud trial

Alex Taylor-Camara of the Garden Court Crime Team acted for the defendant, instructed by Abdul Mojid and Tarjana Hussain at Wainwright Cummings.

Alex Taylor-Camara

Domestic Abuse, Visas, Administrative and Public Law | Wednesday 4 October 2023

Garden Court secures top tier rankings in the Legal 500 UK 2024

Garden Court Chambers is proud to be recognised as a Top Tier set again in the Legal 500 UK 2024 rankings.

Criminal Defence, Financial Crime and Confiscation | Tuesday 25 July 2023

Gerwyn Wise secures the only not guilty verdict after courier fraud trial

Gerwyn Wise of the Garden Court Chambers Crime Team represented SK, one of nine defendants accused of being involved in a courier fraud at St Albans Crown Court.

Gerwyn Wise

Financial Crime and Confiscation | Wednesday 19 April 2023

Mark Robinson instructed in two high-profile financial crime cases

Mark Robinson of the Financial Crime & Confiscation Team accepts instructions for all serious and complex financial crime.

Mark Robinson

Criminal Defence, Financial Crime and Confiscation | Friday 22 July 2022

Tom Wainwright and Shina Animashaun secure acquittal in £20m cryptocurrency money laundering trial

Tom and Shina of Garden Court Chambers were instructed by Anna Sidgwick of Stuart Miller Solicitors.

Tom WainwrightShina Animashaun

Criminal Defence, Youth Justice & Child Rights, Protest Rights | Wednesday 30 March 2022

Garden Court Crime Team statement on no returns action

Members of the criminal law team at Garden Court Chambers support the position of the Criminal Bar Association that neither the level of remuneration apparently to be offered nor the government’s proposed timetable for implementation represent an adequate response to the crisis that has enveloped the criminal Bar.  The criminal Bar is an essential part of […]

Financial Crime and Confiscation, Criminal Defence | Tuesday 11 January 2022

Defendant unanimously acquitted of £12 million money laundering duty evasion fraud

Nerida Harford-Bell of the Garden Court Chambers Financial Crime Team represented Michael Howard, instructed by Ghulam Sohail of MPR Solicitors Hounslow.

Nerida Harford-Bell

Employment and Discrimination Law, Housing Law, Criminal Defence | Wednesday 22 December 2021

Nicola Braganza, Mark Gatley and Liz Davies of Garden Court Chambers to be appointed Queen’s Counsel

Garden Court Chambers is delighted to announce that Nicola Braganza, Mark Gatley and Liz Davies of Garden Court Chambers will be formally appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2022.

Liz Davies KCNicola Braganza KCMark Gatley KC

Children Law, British Citizenship and Naturalisation, Settlement (Indefinite Leave to Remain) | Thursday 21 October 2021

Garden Court secures number one rankings in Chambers UK Bar Guide 2022

Garden Court Chambers is recognised once again in Band 1 of Chambers & Partners for community care law, protest law, immigration law and social housing law.  We are ranked as a leading set in crime, inquests and public inquiries, police law, Court of Protection, Administrative & Public Law and Family: Children law. We are delighted […]

We are top ranked by independent legal directories and consistently win awards.

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