Regulatory
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We deal with Health & Safety; Professional Discipline; Financial Services Regulation; Tax and Fraud; Asset Forfeiture; Competition; Medicines regulation; Sport Regulation; Director’s Disqualification; DTI and Trading Standards enquiries; fraudulent or insolvent trading; Serious Fraud Office enquiries Government has laid a regulatory minefield, often backed by criminal sanctions. Entrepreneurs, those in business and commerce, and the professionals that act for them face ranks of investigators and prosecutors armed with wide ranging powers of investigation, search and even arrest. Revenue & Customs, Serious Fraud Office, Health & Safety Executive, Dept of Trade and Industry, Financial Services Authority, Professional and Sporting regulators…..the list is long and worrying. The marriage in Saunders Solicitors LLP of a legendary criminal law practice with our City litigation department provides the ultimate Regulatory Department. Courtroom, formal interview and investigative skills and technique, acquired over 33 years in the exacting world of criminal trials, are combined with knowledge and experience across all civil disciplines. This marriage of expertise makes our Regulatory department a cross- disciplinary tour de force. |
We are members of the Specialist Fraud Panel and have the resources to deal with the very largest cases such as the ten month Wickes Plc prosecution by the Serious Fraud Office. We have the knowledge and skills to deal with the complex legal points arising in cases of alleged tax evasion, asset forfeiture and financial services litigation. We apply our cutting edge knowledge of science and technology in Health & Safety corporate manslaughter, Ofcom, Medicines Act and other prosecutions. When civil freezing orders accompany allegations of fraud, we have the full range of professionals, working together in one department, to deal with the issues. LawyersJames Saunders |