Business crime
Luke frequently acts for individuals and companies in all aspects of business crime, including in cases involving fraud, corruption, trademark disputes and directors’ disqualification. Money laundering work features heavily in his case-load and Luke appears in restraint, forfeiture and confiscation hearings in both the Crown Court and High Court. He has particular experience of cases involving PoCA s.48 Management Receivers.
Common themes in his work are cross-border investigations and the tracing of funds. Luke is a specialist in matters concerning high-profile corruption within public or private organisations and similarly sensitive matters.
He has recent experience of diversion frauds, counterfeiting cases (with ancillary money laundering), mortgage frauds, revenue frauds, long firm frauds, false escrow systems, boiler-room frauds and Ponzi frauds. In 2008 he defended in a £2 million boiler-room fraud tried at Southwark Crown Court.
He particularly specialises in defending in MTIC/carousel cases brought by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs and other government agencies, and was recently instructed to defend in what is said by HMRC to be the largest MTIC case ever brought by them, valued at £170 million.
He has also recently received instructions to defend in the Union of Democratic Mineworkers compensation fraud case and Operation Caliper, a multi-million pound banking diversion fraud.
Luke consistently provides the highest levels of service in all cases, but is particularly experienced in meeting the specific requirements of private clients.
Contact Luke Blackburn
Phone: +44 (0) 20 7242 3555
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7242 2511
Email: clerks@7br.co.uk