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R v Asil Nadir

Description: Bark & Co has been instructed by the former CEO of Polly Peck International (PPI) in an alleged multi-million pound fraud. The client faced 66 counts of Fraud & Theft, but failed to appear in the 1993 trial. Mr Nadir has returned to the UK to fight to clear his name. The trial is due to commence in January 2012. Significance: One of the first high profile SFO prosecutions.

R v Ravjani & Others

Bark & Co represented a client accused significant involvement in a complex contra-trading MTIC fraud. The alleged fraud was of a scale that prompted the Government to proffer the case as an explanation as to why the UK balance of payments were adrift for a particular year. Unfortunately, reporting restrictions prevent us from publishing the full outcome at this time. (Last updated: 03.12.2011)

R v X

Description: This matter involves an insider trading investigation at a number of banks and hedge funds and other large financial institutions conducted by the FSA and SOCA which Reuters reports has “sent shockwaves through the country’s financial industry”. Significance: This case involves significant press interest and involves the representation of a director at a very high profile financial institution.

Business details

Bark & Co

14 New Bridge Street

Blackfriars

London

EC4V 6AG

Tel: 020 7353 1990

Fax: 020 7353 1880

Web: http://www.barkco.com

About the company

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The solicitors Bark & Co are situated in Blackfriars, London. For more information on the services they offer please contact them on 020 7353 1990 or visit them at 14 New Bridge Street.

From their website

Solicitors - A solicitors with many years experience of major fraud and other serious criminal cases. Bark & Co Solicitors is an established, rapidly growing, dynamic city of London based law firm with over 50 legal practitioners specialising in a range of areas including business regulation, business fraud, tax and commercial dispute resolution. Located within London’s legal centre the firm is able to offer its national and international corporate and individual clients vast specialist…

Pressbox (Press Release) - The director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and the Solicitor General, Edward Garnier QC, have recently made no secret of the fact that they consider the criminal justice system to be incapable of dealing with corporate prosecutions in a way that refects commercial realities. The blunt impact of a prosecution of a company has the impact of damaging innocent parties including employees, shareholders and creditors. Garnier cited the cautionary example of the ill-effects of prosecution caused to Arthur Andersen, eventually acquitted on charges of obstruction of justice by the US Supreme Court, many years after the allegations had destroyed the company. US prosecutors have a tool at their disposal, the deferred prosecution agreement (DPA), which is being touted as a viable alternative to the present options of either prosecution or civil recovery. Much of the impetus for the reform has been caused by the difficulties faced by the SFO when they sought to prosecute Innospec. The SFO effectively had already agreed with the company, pre-sentencing, the nature of the sentence in return for a guilty plea. This was criticized by Thomas LJ who reminded the SFO that it is for the Judge to determine sentence at his discretion and especially that any plea must be “rigorously
scrutinized in open court”.

The US Approach

In the US, DPAs are considered a hugely important weapon in the armoury of a highly successful prosecutor ...

Mr Kweku Adoboli was today granted bail after a successful bail application at Southwark Crown Court. Mr Tim Harris, Solicitor on this matter said his client was “delighted, very emotional and would like to thank all his family and friends for their support”. Mr Adoboli is due to be released from Wandsworth prison on Monday pending the bail terms being satisfied.

Mr Bark-Jones, partner at Bark & Co Solicitors said “Our client is both emotional and delighted at the outcome of today’s bail hearing. He looks forward to working on his case at our London offices.”

Tim Harris
Solicitor at Bark & Co Solicitors
London, United Kingdom | Law Practice
Current: Solicitor at Bark & Co Solicitors Past: Trainee Solicitor at Eversheds, ALT at Sendai City Board of Education (Japanese Teaching Exchange Programme) Education: BPP Law School, University of Durham, Oakham School

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Charlie Shuttleworth

London, United Kingdom | Law Practice

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Gina Hajitheodosi
Trainee Solicitor at Bark & Co Solicitors
United Kingdom | Law Practice
Current: Trainee Solicitor at Bark & Co Solicitors Past: Paralegal at Bark & Co Solicitors, Volunteer at Battersea Law Centre Education:College of Law, London, King's College London, U. of London, King's College London, U. of London, Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Streatham &a...

It is reported that the Met Police will now investigate a News of The World link concerning the Daniel Morgan Murder (R v Vian & Others).

Details reported [here] in the Guardian

Mr Glen Vian, represented by Bark & Co, was acquitted in March 2011.

Fred Bunn has been instructed by Glenn Vian since the mid-2008. Not guilty verdicts were entered against MrVian and the other defendants, following complex and fiercely fought challenges to the Crown’s case during protracted pre-trial legal argument. The initial investigation into the murder of Daniel Morgan in 1987 was deeply flawed, and many compelling leads were not pursued properly or, in some cases, at all. The level of public resources expended in this most recent investigation is simply breathtaking. The Police bought the house next door to Mr Vian, in order to conduct thousands of hours of intrusive covert surveillance upon him and his family. They released false stories to the press in an effort to trigger incriminating conversations. When these efforts failed to produce any cogent evidence, a case was built against these defendants using “Supergrass” witnesses, and considerably flawed Serious Organized Crime & Police Act (SOCPA) agreements. It will come as no surprise to right thinking people to learn that those of the worst character, facing many years in custody for crimes including drug trafficking and attempted murder, will say anything in order to secure a massive red...

R v Asil Nadir

Description: Bark & Co has been instructed by the former CEO of Polly Peck International (PPI) in an alleged multi-million pound fraud. The client faced 66 counts of Fraud & Theft, but failed to appear in the 1993 trial. Mr Nadir has returned to the UK to fight to clear his name. The trial is due to commence in January 2012. Significance: One of the first high profile SFO prosecutions.

R v Ravjani & Others

Bark & Co represented a client accused significant involvement in a complex contra-trading MTIC fraud. The alleged fraud was of a scale that prompted the Government to proffer the case as an explanation as to why the UK balance of payments were adrift for a particular year. Unfortunately, reporting restrictions prevent us from publishing the full outcome at this time. (Last updated: 03.12.2011)



R v X

Description: This matter involves an insider trading investigation at a number of banks and hedge funds and other large financial institutions conducted by the FSA and SOCA which Reuters reports has “sent shockwaves through the country’s financial industry”. Significance: This case involves significant press interest and involves the representation of a director at a very high profile financial institution.

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MADRID — Spain’s new conservative government approved sweeping labor market reforms Friday as part of a drive to revive a sick economy and solve Europe’s worst unemployment nightmare — a jobless rate of nearly 23 percent. The plan is designed to encourage companies to hire more people by cutting government-mandated severance packages and offering tax breaks for taking on young people. But the fast-track approval of the measures generated violent clashes between riot police and protesters who say they will be stripped of cherished worker benefits. More than 500 held a peaceful rally in Madrid’s central Puerta de Sol plaza late Friday, but it turned violent after some tried to march toward parliament and were blocked by police. Scuffles broke out, with officers using batons on demonstrators. At least eight protesters were detained and several officers sustained minor injuries, Spanish media reported. Before the mayhem, protester Cristina Fernandez waved a placard saying “Every cut mutilates my rights” and said the labor reforms won’t achieve the government’s goals. “To reduce unemployment, you need to create jobs, not simplify firing,” said Fernandez, a 52-year-old business consultant. Spain is eager to restore investor confidence, satisfy the European Union and other international institutions by seeking major structural reforms in order to cut its deficit and ward off fears that it could follow Greece, Ireland and Portugal in seeking a bailout. Under the...