David Evans QC
Year of Call: 1972 (QC: 1991)
‘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 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 and Partners UK
David Evans QC has appeared as counsel in most of the key white-collar cases over the last 10 years. His reputation for serious and complex fraud places him at the very top end of English Barristers. He is universally recognsied and respected for his experience, judgment, skill and guiding hand.
He has been instructed to prosecute, both by SFO and other Crown Agencies and has acted as Counsel for the Financial Services Tribunal.
As a Junior, he appeared in several high-profile cases. 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. His was involved in this type of work work at the genesis of modern day fraud cases.
In Silk, he has represented both the prosecution and defence in fraud trials involving high profile defendants, including: the accused in the BCCI enquiry; the collapse of the Swithland motor group; the Aveling Barford pension fund fraud and several high-profile mortgage frauds, including the solicitor defendant in the Harrovian case. He has also acted for a number of Equity Partners in the prosecution of the solicitors’ firm Robinson.
David has also appeared in several high-profile carousel fraud (MTIC) cases, including the key case of R v Uddin, and for defendants in several money-laundering cases, again at the highest level.
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.
David has defended in a number of mortgage frauds, defending the solicitors and valuers involved, including R v Lucas (at that time, the largest mortgage fraud prosecuted).
Regarding frauds on the Inland Revenue and the VAT system, David has appeared in R v Charlton, R v Waters (parallel trading), R v Hudson (advanced fee fraud), R v Dawkins, R v Jones and several cases of fraudulent trading and factoring frauds.
He has also advised in corruption cases, including R v Shepherd (GCHQ) and R v Adam (Plymouth Docks). He advised Balfour Beatty’s directors in Operation Angel, a corruption case which was discontinued as a result.
Additional Information
- Recorder at the Central Criminal Court
- Former supplementary list of Treasury Counsel Central Criminal Court
- Category 1 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
