Greg Unwin

R v W (ongoing) – Exceptional murder prosecution involving 14-year interval between initial assault on an infant and eventual death.

R v Khan – Medically complex manslaughter trial involving contested neuropathological causation. Summonsed complainant from the deceased’s previous unconvicted robbery trial.

R v S – Multiple-rape trial ending in unanimous acquittals after complex disclosure and s.41 applications exposing ten-year pattern of fabricated allegations

R v Ahmed – Seven-week kidnap and machete ambush trial. Defending unled against KC, resisted an Attorney General’s Reference to preserve a significantly mitigated sentence.

R v Miah – Teenage group murder in Bedford City Centre. Client acquitted of murder.

R v Ali – Targeted gang murder in East London. Client acquitted of murder.

R v Betts-Ramsey – Ringleader in transphobic stabbing.

R v D –15 year old client acquitted of murder and manslaughter.

R v SA  – Mother charged with murder of her newborn baby. Upon extensive expert evidence, plea to infanticide accepted.

R v Drevenak & Ors – For lead defendant in high profile modern slavery trial attracting media and documentary coverage. Case was catalyst for establishment of the Fair Work Agency.

R v Johnson-Davies – Perverting the course of justice, Beckenham Place Park murder trial.

Operation Galway – Leading junior for first defendant in seven-week trial. Successful dismissal of firearms charge. Only defendant acquitted of drugs conspiracy.

Operation Skawa – Human trafficking and controlling prostitution.

R v Bearman – Gross negligence manslaughter. Fatal electrocution of 7 year old boy in pub garden.

Operation Atoll – Multiple gunpoint robberies of cash-in-transit vans.

R v JC – Hampstead paedophile conspiracy, later subject of the ‘Hoaxed’ podcast.

Operation Endorse – Gang shooting of drugs runner by rival county lines network.

R v NB – Murder of resident in St Mungo’s hostel, who died five years after the original assault.

Operation Departer – Defendant facilitated escape to Syria of aspiring jihadi following the ISIS inspired murder of a spiritual healer.

R v McCarthy – Traveller site murder trial.

Operation Roots – For company director. Large scale telecoms fraud and alleged international money laundering syndicate.

R v Martin – Prosecuted sophisticated corporate expense fraud by Enterprise Architect.

Operation Volcanic – VHCC. Largest known DWP fraud investigation.

R v Mawson – RSPCA trustee diverted over £100k of charity funds.

Operation Riot – Leading junior for first defendant in ten-week fraud trial. Substantial legal argument and examination of experts. Trial continued without jury after interference. Defendant acquitted of all counts.

Operation Cathird – Company director laundering proceeds of €3.8 million European Distribution Fraud.

Operation Vitelius – Junior alone in £9 million cyber fraud. Identity theft, ‘vishing’ and harvesting of financial details sold on the dark web for cryptocurrency.

Bulmer ‘art heist’ – Saga of recovery of fine art stolen from the mansion of the heir to the Bulmer’s Cider fortune.

R v Say – Complex pensions and property fraud trial and retrial of IFA acknowledged as industry expert.

Operation Hornet – Retained by financial institution to advise on LPP in £245m criminal fraud investigation.

Operation Airbrick – Company director acquitted after seven week trial of £14 million money laundering allegations involving under bond alcohol trading.

United Arab Emirates v Akhand – Direct Access. Defendant’s extradition to the UAE for US$8 million cheque fraud resisted on dual criminality grounds.

Operation Steamroller – Independent LPP counsel in international $120 million share sale fraud.

Level 4 CPS Panel Advocate. Fraud Specialist Panel Level 4. Serious Crime Specialist Panel Level 4

Operation Panda (ongoing) – ‘Polygamous working’ by senior civil servant.

R v Martin – Sophisticated corporate expense fraud by Enterprise Architect.

R v McCaig – Multi-kilo Encrochat cocaine conspiracy

Operation Charmless – Armed robberies trial. A-G’s Ref increased sentence to ‘two strikes’ life.

Operation Lexington – Conspiracy to commit multiple professional dwelling burglaries targeting £200k of firearms and jewellery.

R v Dabycharun – Deliberate wounding with a vehicle. Resisted appeal against conviction.

R v Dickens & Ano – Targeted firebombing of victim in his car.

SFO v Güralp Systems Ltd – Ten week SFO trial of directors for conspiracy to make corrupt payments to a government official in South Korea.

R v Richie & Nolan – Robbery and aggravated burglary of drug dealer in his home. Both defendants convicted and received double figure sentences.

R v Ian Paterson – High profile cancer surgeon deliberately wounded multiple patients in unnecessary operations. Disclosure junior.

R v Russell & Storey – Highly publicised acid attack causing life changing injuries. Investigation reopened when a ‘grass’ came forward after a Crimewatch appeal.

Re L Ltd – Advice on Official Secrets Act and National Security Act.

Re Y Ltd – Advice on employer’s liability for subcontractors subject to immigration control.

Re S Ltd – Successfully resisted private prosecutor’s application for a summons alleging consumer protection offences against online retailer.

Re S UK – Advised multinational €1.4bn retailer on the application of Coronavirus Regulations, resulting in withdrawal of threatened enforcement action.

R v SL – Successful motion to quash charges turning on the interpretation of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008.

Re T Ltd – Advised drinks company on the Nutrition and Health Claims Regulations.

Re C Ltd – Advised multi-office conveyancing firm on Money Laundering Regulations 2017.

Op Salerno (ongoing) – Acting for company director in £59 million money laundering prosecution.

Re C – Successful discharge of £44 million Restraint Order for high net worth investor.

Op Volcanic – £51 million confiscation proceedings following largest ever DWP fraud.

Operation Cathird – For company director laundering proceeds of €3.8 million European Distribution Fraud.

R v Jiang [2021] Lloyd’s Rep. F.C. 315 – Chinese “underground banking”. £4.9m benefit figure reduced to £1.5m in contested confiscation proceedings.

Operation Princekin – Acting for several Chinese Nationals resisting NCA applications for Account Forfeiture Orders.

In appropriate cases he is able to accept direct access instructions from individual healthcare professionals. He has experience presenting the most serious and complex cases before the NMC.

Winterbourne View Hospital – Series of document-heavy hearings against multiple senior nurses in management roles during the institutional abuse scandal exposed by BBC Panorama.

NMC v Coulter, Banwell & Kennard – Secret footage, shown on BBC Newsnight, revealed mistreatment of brain injury patient.

NMC v Matthews – Midwife threatened mother in labour.

NMC v Avramova – Catalogue of misconduct charges including attempt to inject air bolus into newborn baby.

NMC v Johnson – Manager of mental health ward performed nazi salutes and mistreated patients and staff.

R v Ahmed [2026] EWCA Crim 389 – Resisted Attorney General’s reference of unduly lenient sentence for kidnap and drugs conspiracy, concerning totality.

Mohammed v Islam [2024] 4 W.L.R. 88 – Appeal before Lady Chief Justice; whether long fraud trial should continue with judge alone following jury tampering.

R v Jiang [2023] 4 W.L.R. 62 – Important case on unregistered Money Service Businesses and criminal property.

R v Dabycharun [2022] R.T.R. 25 – Bad character gateways and lies directions.

R v Smith (Jordan) [2019] EWCA Crim 1151 – Extent to which prosecution may undermine its own witnesses.

R v SA [2019] 4 W.L.R. 142 – Resisted prosecution appeal against terminating ruling on proving a common law conspiracy to defraud.

R v Onyeagucha [2018] EWCA Crim 2960 – Successful appeal against life sentence for repeated stabbing.

R v Nguyen, Mai & vin Dao [2013] Crim LR 234 – Whether threat of false imprisonment can establish the defence of duress, concerning application of the Human Trafficking Convention.

Advising Financial Ombudsman on Judicial Review (2026)

PI & Ors v Governor of HMP Birmingham (2023) – Secured release of nine defendants in emergency High Court habeas corpus proceedings.

Cowan v DPP (2013) 177 J.P. 474 – Successful High Court appeal on whether a university campus was a public place.