Fiona Jackson

Instructed (as led junior) by the RCPO/CPS in complex restraint and confiscation proceedings involving a highly-sophisticated money laundering operation filtering criminal proceeds of millions of pounds through Hong Kong via Gibraltar and through a solicitor’s account in the UK, with laundering of two separate MTIC frauds through Gibraltar to the UK utilising shell companies to deal in property.

Obtaining for CPS its first registration of an external order and making of a civil recovery order under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Requests and Orders) Order 2005, arising out of a request from the Republic of Italy for property freezing and recovery of assets in this jurisdiction.

Instructed to seek increase of a defendant’s confiscation order under section 22 of POCA 2002 by way of an application to reconsider the available amount, subsequently upheld in the Court of Appeal.

Advising and representing the CPS (led junior) in Judicial review concerning the ability to challenge the Crown’s alleged failure to restrain funds in an ongoing investigation.

Instructed to construe recoverability and pursue successful confiscation of accrued pension of “Fast Eddie”, defendant who fled the UK to the USA some 20 years ago after committing a £1.1m bank robbery.

Instructed on behalf of defendants to seek DTA 1994 Certificate of Inadequacy in the High Court (McNay) and then return to Crown Court for consequent reductions in confiscation orders (both cases; CJA 1988 order in the case of Rezvi).

Instructed (as led junior) by CPS in confiscation proceedings arising from cheating the public revenue of over £15 million in a criminal enterprise and where one defendant was an accountant.

Acting for National Crime Squad in application to forfeit almost half a million pounds in cash.

Instructed to represent a defendant (convicted of Housing Act and fire safety offences) for confiscation proceedings and sentence. As a result, the Borough Council’s initial application for a criminal lifestyle confiscation order of over £1.5 million was reduced to a particular criminal conduct confiscation order of just under £30,000.

Instructed by CPS (as led junior), on behalf of the Special Administrative Region of Macau, to prosecute an application to register and enforce a multi-million pound external confiscation order made against a corrupt public official and appoint an enforcement receiver.

Instructed (as led junior) in multi-million pound confiscation proceedings against convicted drug trafficker.

Advising on successful recoverability of assets including from Turkey by a convicted drug trafficker.

Instructed (as led junior) to represent an Iranian businessman in an appeal against conviction for breaching export restrictions to Iran, and linked confiscation and condemnation proceedings. The criminal appeal was successful: the Court of Appeal quashed the conviction on the basis of a real possibility of unconscious bias on the part of a juror who had asked the Judge for guidance as to whether he should remain on the jury, and the Judge’s decision not to discharge the jury as a result. The Lord Chief Justice refused the Crown’s application for a re-trial.

Instructed (as led junior) for the SFO in the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords appeal in a case concerning a Letter of Request by a foreign prosecutor in connection with criminal investigations/proceedings.

Defending significant application for confiscation following trial on corruption charges (aka “Donnygate”).

Consolidated confiscation appeals re exceptional circumstances to extend confiscation proceedings.

Prosecuting (as led junior) multi-handed trial, appeal and confiscation of international steroids and counterfeit drugs enterprise.

Acting for many years for Aeroflot in its litigation against Boris Berezovsky, Nikolai Glushkov, and various corporate defendants.

Prosecuting (as led junior) multi-handed trial and confiscation of counterfeit Viagra/Kamagra conspiracy.

Prosecuting (as led junior) multi-handed trial, confiscation and appeals of multi-million pound global medicines counterfeiting ring.

Prosecuting (as led junior) drugs and money laundering conspiracy.

Advising the NCA in respect to Property Freezing Order (“PFO”) application.

Instructed (as led junior) in the Crown Court and Court of Appeal ([2016] EWCA Crim 96) by the CPS on behalf of the State of Kuwait to seek and maintain restraint in this jurisdiction of assets belonging to Kuwaiti nationals being investigated in Kuwait for alleged criminal conduct including money laundering.

Instructed (as led junior) by the SFO in a property freezing order appeal ([2017] EWCA Civ 18).

Examples of instructions from the CPS, on behalf of the Dutch, US, Italian and Cypriot Governments, to seek urgent ex parte restraint orders in the Crown Court under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Requests and Orders) Order 2005.

Instructed by the SFO, on behalf of the US Department of Justice, as part of the legal team to advise on the position of unsecured creditor victims in concurrent civil and criminal proceedings in respect of the insolvency of the Bank.

Instructed by the GMP and successfully opposing a second Crown Court appeal against an order forfeiting a high-value cheque seized at a bank.

Instructed for CPS in property freezing order application and civil recovery proceedings in High Court under POCA 2002 fraud. Case involved novel issue of cryptocurrency account freezing in civil recovery proceedings. Civil Recovery Order obtained.

Instructed (as led junior) by the CPS to prosecute multi-million pound confiscation proceedings involving a trustee in bankruptcy and significant assets in foreign jurisdictions including Bangladesh.

Instructed (as led junior) to prosecute multi-million pound confiscation proceedings against five defendants following their convictions in an organised money laundering enterprise involving fraud, identity thefts and international property.

Advising on judicial review of a decision to prosecute and linked criminal proceedings for cheating the public revenue.

Prosecuting (as led junior) multi-handed global money laundering conspiracy.

Acting for Customs in High Court and Court of Appeal on powers of management receivers to sell assets to pay costs.

Instructed by CPS (as junior counsel) to advise and represent in criminal restraint, mutual recognition and costs proceedings arising from an alleged $billion multi-jurisdictional dividend tax trading fraud.

Instructed to seek complex without notice PACE warrants, search & seizure warrants and restraint orders in very high value investigation involving suspected insider trading by multiple suspects.

Instructed (as junior counsel) to advise and represent a witness in connection with a $2.1 billion claim in relation to a series of disputed trades allegedly amounting to bribes.

Leading Counsel in confiscation proceedings for multi-million pound confiscation order in a case of money laundering investigated by the NCA.

Instructed (as led junior) to defend in multi-million pound long firm fraud involving twelve defendants, prosecuted by BIS.

Acting for ARA in claim of over £600,000 in civil recovery proceedings.

Civil recovery claim following linked criminal proceedings.

Instructed by the SFO to conduct confiscation proceedings following convictions for an investment fraud.

Instructed (as led junior) by the SFO as part of the prosecution team for a five-month trial of a multi-million pound fraudulent scheme to install solar panels which defrauded hundreds of victims including elderly, retired and vulnerable people.

Instructed by the Competitions & Markets Authority to prosecute confiscation proceedings arising out of an infamous pyramid selling scheme.

Instructed by the SFO to advise and represent in the enforcement of a confiscation order in a long-running conspiracy to defraud.

Defending (as led junior) civil claim against former employee involving over half a million pounds.

Acting for ARA in claim of nearly £100,000 in civil recovery proceedings.

Defending substantial confiscation proceedings relating to conspiracy to defraud a building society.

Instructed (as led junior) by the Attorney General of the Turks & Caicos Islands to obtain and enforce a confiscation order against one of the Caribbean’s biggest ever fraudsters, convicted of defrauding over 6000 victims in a $220m Ponzi scheme.

Instructed by a Jersey Trust to advise in respect to Guidance issued by the Jersey Financial Services Commission on recent amendments to Jersey Proceeds of Crime Law.