Recognised as a leading junior for criminal fraud by both The Legal 500 (2010) and Chambers & Partners (2010), David’s practice includes all types of serious crime, with specialisations in complex and difficult fraud, white-collar crime, murder, sex, violence and firearms. He is also instructed in Health and Safety prosecutions.
He is regularly instructed by CPS Central Casework, the CPS West Midland Complex Crime Division, and the Serious Fraud Office in high-profile fraud and white collar matters and by a variety of agencies on confiscation issues. David has also advised the Jersey Attorney General on the application of EU Zimbabwe sanctions directives.
David speaks and writes regularly on his areas of legal expertise, in particular on fraud-related topics and Corporate Manslaughter.
David was counsel advising the Serious Fraud Office in R v Harper and Simpson which is the criminal case parallel to a leading civil case on recovery by the victims of fraud: 4 Eng Ltd v Harper [2009] Ch. 91.
Inquiries
- Robert Hamill Inquiry; one of the Northern Ireland Cory Collusion Inquiries.
- Part of the team preparing the mass of material generated by previous police cases and other internal investigations for counsel to the Inquiry.
Inquests
- Hospital and car accident deaths; appeared at inquests for the family and for insurers.
Regards
Key cases
- 2011 R v Acas, a “whodunit” murder, successfully prosecuted without leader; reported as the ‘Mattress Murder’.
- 2010 R v Harris and others, acting for the lead defendant in a long running large scale cowboy builder prosecution.
- 2009 R v Hussain and others, a nice 'jigsaw puzzle' sort of case putting together the various types of evidence (number plate, cell site, informant, etc) in a ring stealing cars in dwelling house burglaries before exporting them to eastern Europe under false identities.
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2009 R v Bo LI and others, successfully prosecuted for West Midlands CPS Complex Casework the money laundering aftermath of the Morecombe Bay Cockle Pickers tragedy; the case was made more interesting by the Judge refusing to allow the Prosecution to lead the links between the defendants and the defendants in the manslaughter prosecution.
- 2009 R v Kuprescenka. David has successfully completed his first 'solo' murder case .
- Robinson v Cambridge Crown Court (2008), Lawtel 20/6/2008, Habeas Corpus action in the Administrative Court, after a prosecution appeal against a magistrates' grant of bail, a mix up Crown Court and Magistrates Courts powers to remand needed to be sorted out.
- R v Kenning, Fenwick & Blackshaw [2008] EWCA Crim 1534; Times, July 10 2008: an agreement to aid and abet an offence did not constitute a criminal conspiracy.
- R v Welcher & Ors [2007] EWCA Crim 480; (2007) Crim LR 804: admissibility of employment interviews in criminal proceedings for conspiracy to defraud and corrupt.
- Rv Gray [2007] EWCA Crim 2658: The proper approach in determining a confiscation order.
- R v Harper & Ors [2005]: "The Mars Confectionary corruption case" - concerned the bribing of a manager at Mars in order to obtain service contracts.
- R v Bowers & Ors [2004]: the trial of a gang who disguised themselves as security men and used a bogus security van to steal over £1 million from a bank vault at Gatwick airport.
- R v Palmer [1997-2001]: "The Goldfinger case" - junior counsel for the prosecution of a timeshare fraud at the Central Criminal Court and the subsequent confiscation proceedings.
Contact David Matthew
Phone: +44 (0) 20 7242 3555
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7242 2511
Email: clerks@7br.co.uk