Jason Bartfeld KC

Cases

Asset Forfeiture & Confiscation

NCA v JN. Advising on the steps to be taken following an apparent breach of a Consent Order by the National Crime Agency in civil Proceeds Of Crime Act proceedings.

R v MR. Defending in a confiscation application following a Modern Slavery conviction involving complex distinctions between the benefit of individual directors as opposed to the (not prosecuted) corporate body.

Criminal Defence

Slavery

R v PR. Acted at trial and on appeal for the lead defendant in the longest and most complex Modern Slavery case ever conducted in the UK

Homicide

R v NA. Legally complex ‘fight or flight’ manslaughter

R v TH. Multi Defendant cut-throat murder with drugs background

R v ZA. Brutal Rape and attempted murder of a stranger

R v HM. Lead defendant in multi-handed murder where the defendants were initially attacked by the victims

R v CG. Complex homicide turning on telephony evidence including the novel using of smart phone polling data

Drug Trafficking

R v AVM. Acted for the lead Defendant in one of the largest and most complex drug importation operations ever investigated (in this case jointly by HMRC and several European Police Forces)

Sexual Offences

R v EA. Representing a prominent Middle Eastern politician on an allegation of rape. Exceptionally, proceedings conducted in part in camera

Re OK. Advising at an early stage after an allegation that a young person had distributed indecent images via social media

Fraud & Financial Crime

R v PR. Long standing tax fraud centred on the travelling community

Re X. Advising a senior financial professional who had been investigated by the SFO for market manipulation and was due to be a prosecution witness in the trial of others

Re YK. Advising a prominent UAE resident on allegations (and counter allegations) of fraud relating to former UK business partners

R v ML. Advising prominent person in the Financial Sector on allegations of insider trading

Professional Discipline

GMC v DR. Disciplinary proceedings against a doctor involved in a serious car accident resulting in catastrophic injuries to his passenger

GDC v BS.  Multiple proceedings against dental technician.

Sports Law

BHA v MS. Appeared for the first two defendants in the most complex horseracing corruption inquiry ever conducted by the BHA

BJA v AR. One of the UK’s most respected coaches accused of historic sexual offences against students. Pursued by the BJA notwithstanding the CPS decision not to prosecute