Alexander Barbour
2017
Alexander is regularly instructed in defence and prosecution work, primarily in the Crown and Magistrates’ Courts, in addition to High Court and Court of Appeal proceedings. His broad experience includes criminal fraud, civil cash forfeiture and POCA, AML, serious crime and regulatory matters. He also has experience in investigations and applications involving cryptocurrency. His clients are often state or private individuals, companies and directors.
Alexander recently spent more than two years in the Cayman Islands where he was Crown Counsel I (Fraud) at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. This was a specialist role involving responsibility for cases relating to fraud and money laundering, both prosecutions and international requests. The international nature of his work saw him present at events relating to financial crime, including as a delegate on behalf of the Cayman Islands.
Alexander returns to England and Wales as a level 3 CPS prosecutor and is on a number of specialist panels.
Fraud: Crime
Representative Cases
R v N
Acted for defendant in a multi-handed case of fraud and money laundering from the mis-selling of pension investments.
R(IS) v D
Acted for defendant in a multi-handed Insolvency Service prosecution for offences related to fraud and directors’ disqualification.
R v Z
Acted in confiscation proceedings after conviction for conspiring to cheat the revenue by fraudulent evasion of VAT and excise duty payable on alcohol travelling through the EU to the UK by manipulating the system of ‘bond’ warehouses.
R v N and Ors
Acted in a prosecution brought by the CPS Specialist Fraud Division. Five-defendant conspiracy to defraud.
R v S
Acted in a prosecution brought by the CPS Complex Casework Unit – conspiracy to defraud meat suppliers overseas by ordering meat under the guise of legitimate businesses before failing to make payment.
BET Ltd.
Acted for travel company before a meeting of the local authority to review its contract in light of convictions of Directors for VAT fraud.
R v S
Acted for the prosecution in confiscation proceedings in relation to an illegal moneylending operation.
Crime
Health & Safety / Regulatory
Representative Cases
R v B
Acted for the prosecution in a case involving allegations of historic sexual offences against a prominent political figure.
R v O & Ors
Prosecuting counsel in a case against members of an Albanian gang for conspiracy to supply cannabis.
R v Mahmood [2018] EWCA Crim 2746
Successful appeal against sentence – drugs conspiracy.
R v Henly [2018] EWCA Crim 2794
Successful appeal against sentence – driving disqualification – cited in Blackstone’s Criminal Practice and Banks on Sentence.
R v W
Murder using vehicle as a weapon. Case involved multiple expert witnesses.
Representative Cases
R v SE & AR Ltd
Represented the defendant company and Director for fire safety offences arising
out of the operation of a flame-grilled chicken shop.
NBBC v NWWS
Acted for a wildlife sanctuary in challenging the legality of an abatement notice served as a result of a complaint by a neighbour.
R(HSE) v C Ltd
Second Junior acting for the defendant company charged under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 following a death at the site of renovation works.