David Evans QC
Year of Call: 1972 (QC: 1991)
Email: de@33cllaw.com
‘David Evans QC is a “stylish and polished practitioner“’ – Chambers UK (2010)
Recommended as a Leading Silk in the field of Fraud (Criminal) in Chambers UK (2010) and Legal 500; and as expert in White Collar Crime by Legal Experts.
‘David Evans QC is a lawyer who “can win impossible cases.” He has prosecuted and defended in important fraud cases brought by the SFO and the Fraud Investigation Group of the CPS, and recently defended in Cox & Others, an £85 million mobile phone carousel fraud.’ – Chambers UK (2009)
David Evans QC has appeared as counsel in large white-collar fraud cases over the last 10 years. He has been instructed to defend in high-profile fraud cases prosecuted by the Serious Fraud Office and the Fraud Investigation Group of the Crown Prosecution Service.
He has been instructed to prosecute, both by SFO and FIG and has acted as Counsel for the Financial Services Tribunal.
As a Junior, he appeared in several high-profile cases as junior. He acted for Ian Posgate in the Howden trial; for Morgan Grenfel in the Guinness enquiry; and for UBS Phillips & Drew in the Blue Arrow trial.
In Silk, he has represented both the prosecution and defence in fraud trials, including: defendants in the BCCI enquiry; the collapse of the Swithland motor group; the Aveling Barford pension fund fraud; and several high-profile mortgage frauds, including acting for the solicitor defendant in the Harrovian case.
He prosecutes for the SFO, the Fraud Investigation Group and the Financial Services Authority. He has acted for a number of Equity Partners in the prosecution of the solicitors’ firm Robinson.
David Evans has appeared in several high-profile carousel fraud (missing trader intra-community fraud) cases, e.g. R v Uddin, and for defendants in several money-laundering cases.
He has advised the Financial Services Authority on City regulatory matters and criminal prosecutions and has also appeared in several high-profile insider-dealing cases.
He has defended in a number of mortgage frauds, defending the solicitors and valuers involved, including R v Lucas (defending Lucas in the ‘Harrovian fraud’ – at that time, the largest mortgage fraud prosecuted).
Cases he has been involved with include frauds on the Inland Revenue and VAT: R v Charlton, R v Waters; parallel trading – R v Hudson; Advanced fee fraud – R v Dawkins, R v Jones; Several cases of fraudulent trading and factoring frauds.
He has also advised in corruption cases, including R v Shepherd (GCHQ), R v Adam (Plymouth Docks); he advised Balfour Beatty directors in Operation Angel, a corruption case which was discontinued against them.
Additional Information
- Recorder at the Central Criminal Court
- Former supplementary list of Treasury Counsel Central Criminal Court
- Category A prosecutor for the CPS
Notable Cases
- R v Cox & others
Mobile phone carousel fraud - R v Uddin & others
Operation Venison, £100m MTIC fraud - R v Butt & others
Spread-betting fraud - R v Rivandi
Money laundering of $1.3 billion - R v Hinchliffe & others
Collapse of Facia retail empire - R v Moreton & others
Robinsons’ solicitors fraud - R v Hipkiss & others
VAT fraud on customs - R v Chiragh
Accountant involved in BCCI fraud - R v Hayes & others
Collapse of Swithland Motor Group - R v Mullens
Multimillion pound fraud on Russians - R v Carter & others
Pension fund fraud - R v Sorelli
Corruption in tenders for North Sea development - The Guinness Inquiry
Share-trading fraud - Blue Arrow
High-profile, complex corporate fraud - R v Grob & Posgate
First SFO prosecution
