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Over 400 Years Experience

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Birds Solicitors are a specialist criminal law firm, devoted to defending the legal rights of individuals and businesses. We are recommended by the Legal 500 for our excellent fraud work and are equipped to deal with cases of any complexity and seriousness.

The firm’s reputation has been built on its excellence in defending those unfortunate enough to be investigated for criminal offences.

We have one of the largest criminal departments in the UK dealing with criminal defence at all levels of severity. Our firm is regularly instructed in serious fraud cases often involving offences worth millions of pounds.

We can help to protect your reputation and career if you are facing allegations of white-collar crime. Birds Solicitors offer representation at all stages of proceedings, from first interview to final trial.

Most importantly, our clients enjoy honesty and communication with their solicitor at our firm. Too often, clients complain that their solicitors fail to return phone calls or e-mails in a timely manner. Not at Birds Solicitors. You are assured to have regular communication with your experienced solicitor, who is on hand to assist with all matters.

Birds Solicitors are committed in providing a proactive approach and outstanding service, which combined with our experience allows us to achieve the best results for our clients.

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OUR SPECIALIST TEAM CAN DEFEND ALLEGATIONS OF:

Benefit Fraud
Insurance Fraud
Money Laundering
VAT Fraud
Mortgage Fraud
Insider Dealings
Tax Evasion
Boiler Room Fraud
Financial Fraud

We are regularly instructed to defend clients against HMRC, SFO, FCA and other bodies.

If you are facing charges for the above or any other criminal offense, our experienced team can defend your case to the highest degree of success.

Why Instruct Birds Solicitors?

Over 400 years combined experience defending individuals and businesses
All cases are dealt with by our experienced team, who will fight yourcase aggressively
Our reviews prove why so many trust Birds Solicitors for legal representation

We receive widespread recognition for our top-tier practice and outstanding client care skills
Meticulous preparation carried out for all client cases
Access to the best barristers in the UK

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Our Recent Cases

Acquittals in the Guralp Systems Ltd corruption case

On 18 December 2019, Mr Bell, the former financial director and acting CEO of Guralp Systems Ltd (‘GSL’) was unanimously acquitted by a jury of a single charge of conspiracy to make corrupt payments. His fellow co-defendants were also subsequently acquitted on 20 December 2019. Today, the Serious Fraud Office has publicly disclosed that GSL entered into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (“DPA”) in October 2019 in relation to allegations of corruption and failure to prevent bribery. These acquittals mean that the GSL case joins Tesco and Sarclad where a company has entered into a DPA on the basis of untested evidence, which when subsequently and properly examined by a jury, has resulted in the human defendants being acquitted. Mr Bell has endured over three years of extreme pressure as a result of these allegations where the evidence against him was so weak such that applications were made to dismiss the charge against him before trial and to stop the case against him at the conclusion of the prosecution case. We are delighted for Mr Bell that the jury came to the same unanimous conclusion about him and the evidence. Mr Bell was represented by Neil Hawes QC of Charter Chambers and Paul Morgan of Birds Solicitors instructed by Steven Bird of Birds Solicitors.

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Money Laundering

Birds have acted in numerous high profile money laundering cases involving millions of pounds. Money laundering cases are a regular source of work for the firm at all levels from relatively minor to extremely serious. We currently act for members of a family which is believed to be a major part of an organised criminal syndicate in London in relation to money laundering allegations.

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Ponzi Scheme Fraud

We acted for a client at the Central Criminal Court on a large conspiracy to defraud by way of a Ponzi scheme and evasion of Income Tax. In that case we overturned a compensation order made in excess of £250,000 against the client.

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Insider Dealing – Operation Tabernula

We represented a defendant at trial in a multi-million pound conspiracy to insider dealings on the price of company shares by spread betting. Our client was an investment banker and the alleged insider proving information on which trading was allegedly undertaken. This was an FCA prosecution believed to be the largest insider dealing investigation undertaken by that agency.

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LIBOR Investigation

We represented a banker interviewed by his bank in an internal investigation and the FCA in a criminal investigation in relation to the alleged manipulation of the LIBOR rate by a major bank for whom he was working at the time. Our client was not charged with any offences

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Land Banking Fraud

We acted at trial for an individual charged with a land banking fraud whereby numerous individual investors were allegedly duped into investing thousands of pounds into parcels of land on a promise of large returns but which proved not to be worth the amount invested. Our client was acquitted at trial.

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The MPs Expenses Investigation

We represented an MP who was investigated over his expense claims. He was not charged with any offences.

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Confiscation

Our team recently acted for an individual who had been convicted of conspiracy to accept corrupt payments in the international oil and gas industry and secured a confiscation order of manageable size and well below the figure initially contended for by the prosecution.

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