REGULATORY OFFENCES AND FRAUD SOLICITORS

IBB Crime with HAL Solicitors is on the Serious Fraud and Very High Costs Cases panels and is therefore one of the select few firms in England and Wales able to handle the most complex and demanding cases.

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We have experience of investigations and proceedings brought by:

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• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)

• Department for Business and Innovation (BIS)

• Bar Standards Board (BSB)

• Financial Services Authority (FSA)

• The General Medical Council (GMC)

• Her Majesty ‘s Revenue and Customs (HMRC)

• Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

• Office of Fair Trading (OFT)

• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)

• Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)

• Trading Standards (TS)

• Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA)

• Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT)

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The department has also been successful in managing and preventing investigations from reaching the prosecution stage. We are able, due to our size and expertise, to put together multi-disciplinary teams to undertake matters that have both criminal and commercial elements.

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Examples of the types of offences that we have defended include:

• Tax evasion;

• Companies Act offences;

• Prosecutions brought by Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT).

• Breaches of Town and Country Planning Act;

• Money laundering and any offence under the Proceeds of Crime Act;

• Breaches of Health and Safety;

• Breaches of the Food Hygiene Standards;

See our separate section on Confiscation and the Proceeds of Crime Act.