Alisdair has been at the forefront of fraud work throughout his practice. Whether it has been advising in high-profile cases such as Asil Nadir, strategic management of crises to prevent litigation, or representing high net worth individuals at every stage of the criminal process, Alisdair’s experience and expertise is in constant demand.

Recent cases include:

• R v A (Lifestyle Club) (Snaresbrook Crown Court): Alisdair appeared for the defendant in this complex plea on the construction of lease and licence in the context of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations.
• R v H (Southwark Crown Court): leading counsel international conspiracy to defraud and money-laundering;
• Re W-C (Chancery Division): proceedings in respect of an accountancy services firm;
• R v S (Ipswich Crown Court): leading counsel multi-million pound international conspiracy to defraud;
• R v B (Leeds Crown Court): leading counsel multi-million pound international VAT missing trader fraud;
• R v C (Chichester Crown Court): Regional Development Office fraud;
• R v W (Isleworth Crown Court): money laundering web;
• R v JF (Croydon Crown Court): leading counsel million pound fraud on the Home Office;
• R v A (Southwark Crown Court): large scale bribery for the award of local government contracts;
• R v H (Lewes Crown Court): million pound income tax fraud and ancillary JR proceedings;
• R v B (Southwark Crown Court): a complex and large-scale multi-million fraud on the mobile phone networks;
• R v W (Inner London Crown Court): industrial scale money-laundering through domestic casino networks, and property transactions in Spain;
• R v S (Kingston Crown Court): leading counsel multi-handed money laundering;
• R v AJ (Croydon Crown Court): leading counsel multi-million pound fraud against Defra;
• R v E (Maidstone Crown Court): prosecution of the former Mayor of Thanet for corruption and Misconduct in Public Office

Alisdair has extensive defence experience of tax evasion, missing trader and other VAT frauds, frauds on public bodies such as the NHS, and frauds in the obtaining of contracts from government departments.

Alisdair also has widespread experience defending senior police officers in allegations of corruption. He has allied experience of judicial review proceedings, and among other claims and cases, he appeared for the successful defendants in the leading case on judicial review of police conduct and disciplinary proceedings – R (Chief Constable of the Derbyshire Constabulary) v The Police Appeals Tribunal (Green and Stewart – Interested Parties) [2012] EWHC 2280.