Jonathan Fisher QC
1980
(QC 2003)
Practice
Specialising in:
Please click on the headings above for the details of Jonathan’s recent cases in each individual area.
With broad experience in civil and criminal cases, he is comfortable in High Court, Crown Court and Tribunal jurisdictions.
Appointments
Chartered Tax Adviser (Fellow)
Trusts and Estates Practitioner (STEP)
General Editor, Lloyds Law Reports: Financial Crime
Visiting Professor, London School of Economics
Recent cases
Jonathan has recently been involved in the following notable cases:
Civil: SEC v Manterfield ([2010] 1 WLR 172, Lydia Capital hedge fund, alleged fraud, freezing order)
Civil: ARA v Szepietowski ([2008] Lloyd's Rep FC 10, civil recovery, alleged mortgage fraud and tax evasion, £30 million)
Criminal: Operation Euripus, Castillo, ([2010] EWCA Criminal 658, £250 million VAT fraud)
Criminal: Thomas Wise (2009, MEP expenses fraud)
In addition, he has advised on a number of highly sensitive tax, money laundering, financial sanctions, fraud and financial markets investigation cases
Publications
Law of Investor Protection, Sweet & Maxwell, 2nd edition, 2003 (co-author)
Pharmacy Law & Practice, Elsevier, 4th edition, 2006 (co-author)
A Practitioner's Guide to International Money Laundering Law and Regulation, City & Financial, 2003 (chapter contributor, EU Directives)
Arlidge & Parry on Fraud, 3rd edition, 2007 (chapter contributor, Tax Fraud)
International Guide to Money Laundering Law and Practice, 3rd Ed, 2010, Bloomsbury Professional (chapter contributor: Confiscating the Proceeds of Crime)
Fraud and Financial Crime, Policy Exchange Research Paper, 2010
British Tax Review ([2010] 55(3) BTR 1), Tax Collection and the Anti-Money Laundering Regime
Regular contributor to periodical journals
Conferences and Professional Training
Jonathan regularly undertakes speaking engagements at professional training events in his areas of expertise. He led the Criminal Bar Association’s training on the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (CPS approved course) and lectured on the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005
Committee work
Assisted the Financial Markets Law Committee at the Bank of England on the potential impact of the EC 3rd Money Laundering Directive on the UK bond market
Committee member, International Bar Association, Anti-Money Laundering 3rd EC Directive Implementation Group
Honorary Steering Group Member, London Fraud Forum
Legal Directories
Jonathan Fisher QC is ranked for his fraud work in the current editions of the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners.
Professional associations
Administrative Law Bar Association
Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association
Criminal Bar Association
Financial Services Lawyers Association
Fraud Advisory Panel
International Bar Association
Proceeds of Crime Lawyers Association
Revenue Bar Association
Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners
Former appointments
Standing Counsel to the Inland Revenue, 1991 - 2003
Assets Recovery Agency Steering Group, 2003 - 2006
Visiting Professor, Cass Business School, 2004 - 2007
Legal panel member, Accountancy Investigation and Disciplinary Board, 2004-2009
Trustee Director, Fraud Advisory Panel, 2006-2010