Notable Cases

Learn more about some of the notable cases 3D Solicitors has been involved in.

Crime

  • Representing comedy writer Graham Linehan in criminal investigations and a prosecution arising from gender critical beliefs
  • R v Coskun – acting for the Defendant in a prosecution concerning freedom of expression
  • Advising in an international investigation into an online bank and alleged money-laundering activity
  • Operation Venetic – defending in multi-national investigation into smuggling of class A drugs and money laundering, involving the Enchrochat encrypted telecommunication network.
  • Operation Lithium – defending in an alleged multi-national, scrap metal fraud.
  • R v Ravjani & Others – defending a freight forwarding director in a £2.2 billion missing trader fraud, with loss to the Revenue of £176 million.
  • Representing a freight boss in a police investigation into a multi-million pounds international drug smuggling network
  • Acting for the Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, The Rt. Hon. Nigel Evans MP, who faced allegations of rape and sexual assault.
  • Representing a large engineering company in an investigation by the Health & Safety Executive, following a catastrophic injury.
  • Acting for Rolf Harris, in his second criminal trial and a subsequent re-trial for allegations of sexual assault
  • Representing a senior MP and former Minister during a police investigation into sexual assault
  • Acting for a former company director accused by Trading Standards, of running a large trading operation, whilst disqualified.
  • Acting for a former headmaster charged with indecent assault of two former pupils thirty years previously.
  • Double attempted murder and firearms trial, arising from a gangland dispute.
  • Acting for a business owner in a corporate manslaughter case brought by the Health & Safety Executive, following the death of a customer.

Police Defence

  • Representing former police union officials Rick Prior and Richard Cooke before the High Court which ruled their suspensions were unlawful and breached their Article 10 rights to freedom of expression. The judicial review found that the Police Federation acted unfairly in suspending them for voicing concerns about policing and racism.
  • Acting for a retired Police Chief Superintendent during an investigation into an alleged cover-up, following a gangland murder
  • Acting for an elite undercover officer in Operation Elter; the police inquiry into the conduct of the undercover policing unit National Public Order Intelligence Unit
  • Representing a retired Deputy Chief Constable in an investigation into an alleged failure to properly investigate complaints of sexual misconduct by a medical doctor employed by the Police.
  • Acting for a Police Superintendent accused of stealing equipment an intellectual property, whilst deployed abroad.
  • Representing a retired Police Superintendent accused of rape of a colleague over 20 years previously.
  • Advising a Police Superintendent acting as Silver Commander during the armed ‘stand-off’ with Raoul Moat, who was wanted for murder.
  • Represented a Chief Inspector accused of assaulting a colleague at a workshop at New Scotland Yard.
  • Represented a senior police officer who was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to commit blackmail, malicious communications and misconduct in public office.

Regulatory

  • Advising a mid-sized regional law firm in an investigation into breaches of the Code of Conduct by a partner.
  • Advising an insolvency practitioner in an investigation by the ICAEW and developing systems to avoid disciplinary action
  • Acting pro-bono for a barrister at the end of her life, in an application to the High Court for a suspension imposed by the Bar Tribunal and Adjudication Service, to be lifted so she could die as a full member of the Bar [Hewson v BSB 2021]
  • Advising on the restructure of an accountancy practice to avoid regulatory breaches
  • Defending an online doctors’ and pharmaceutical practice in a GPhC prosecution for trading without being properly registered
  • Advising a large rehabilitation case management business as to the need to register with the Care Quality Commission (“CQC”), pursuant to the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014
  • Advising the mother of an Israeli soldier, kidnapped in 1982, on a Freedom of Information matter, to secure evidence held by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

Reputational

  • Advising a former Labour Party MP in respect of a Parliamentary Standards investigation
  • Advising a multi-national company on various matters concerning public order issues arising from criminal activity it has been targeted with.
  • Acting for a stage, film and television actress in a defamation claim
  • Advising a not-for-profit organisation on matters of defamation, professional discipline and criminal law
  • Advising a charity on matters of media response and criminal law.

Dispute Resolution

  • Acting for 9 claimants in a claim against the Labour Party for misuse of private data, breach of confidence and claims under the Equality Act [Taylor & Others v Labour Party].
  • Acting for a major celebrity in respect of claims for damages for alleged historic sexual abuse
  • Acting for a major entertainment professional in respect of claims for damages alleged historic sexual abuse
  • Acting for a student who had been wrongly marked down and was unable to graduate, following improper and biased marking [Greyman-Kennard v University of Leeds 2022]
  • Acting for a retired deputy headmaster from a special educational needs school, facing a claim for damages for alleged abuse of a former pupil, 45 years previously.

Public Inquiries

  • Represented retired Chief Constable Mick Creedon, who was a Core Participant in the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in relation to the investigation into alleged sexual abuse by Lord Janner.
  • Represented retired Commander Richard Gargini, who was a Core Participant in the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse relating to the Children in the Care of Lambeth Council investigation.
  • Advised two senior officers in respect of their evidence to the Manchester Arena Inquiry.
  • Advising a local authority in relation to their contribution to the Covid 19 Public Inquiry.
  • Advised a senior officer in relation to his account to the Angiolini Inquiry.
  • Advising members of a local authority requested to provide evidence to the Fuller Independent Inquiry.

Professional Discipline

  • Advised a Social Worker in Fitness to Practise proceedings relating to allegations of inappropriate use of language in group therapy sessions. The allegations were discontinued and no impairment was found.
  • Represented a pharmacist who was accused of making inappropriate, inaccurate and misleading statements to a patient. The Fitness to Practise Committee made a finding that the facts in the allegations were not proved.
  • Advising a pharmacist in relation to an investigation by the General Pharmaceutical Council in to the activities of an online pharmacy.
  • Advising a pharmacist accused of making inappropriate comments to junior female colleagues.

Inquests

  • Advised a pharmacist in the provision of his witness statement to the Inquest relating to the death of a patient who had ordered medication from an online pharmacy.