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E: ardenkj@aol.com Call: 1970 Professional Membership: Criminal Bar Association French Avocat Academic Background: LLB(Hons), London School of Economics. Diploma in Italian Law at University of Urbino, Italy, studied French law at Pantheon / Sorbonne in Paris. Bi-lingual English / French and fluent in Italian and working knowledge of German. French Avocat. PERSONAL INTERESTS Foreign languages, international travel, fine food, Italian art and culture |
AREAS OF EXPERTISE All types of criminal defence work, white collar and commercial crime, regulatory cases, fraud, HM Customs cases, Inland Revenue cases, DSS Fraud, murder, drugs cases, sex and child abuse cases. CASES OF NOTE R-v- Ferlias and others (large scale “identity” fraud) R-v- Adebayo (credit card fraud and tax credit fraud) R-v- Okongwu (international charity fraud) R-v-Pethick (rape) R-v- Oulddaouia (rape) R-v-Mehmet (historic sexual assaults and child cruelty) R-v-Mehmet (child abuse and assaults) R-v-Passmore (importation of drugs) R-v-Younis (sexual grooming and child pornography) R-v- Aladewolu and others (fraud) R-v- Adeagabo and others (fraud) R-v- Oyediran (murder - baby shaking) PREVIOUS CAREER Practiced at the Bar 1970 to 1986 and then left to join Herbert Smith firstly in their Paris Office and then in the City. Engaged in international commercial arbitration particularly ICC arbitrations in international construction, large-scale commercial and insurance litigation and then for some years as a solicitor, senior partner of a small criminal and litigation-based practice specialising in large fraud cases and “commercial crime”, DSS fraud, and criminal fraud generally. Had an All Courts Advocacy Certificate as a solicitor. Returned to the Bar 2004. |
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