Private prosecutions can be a powerful tool to help businesses and individuals secure the justice they deserve. Because we are committed to ensuring the interests of our clients are protected at all times, we believe they should fully understand the options available to them. This is especially important if they feel they have not been adequately supported by public investigatory and prosecuting authorities.
One of the major benefits of private prosecutions is the collaborative approach towards case strategy they offer. As a law firm which strongly believes in working closely with our clients, this is a crucial opportunity to reach a cost-effective and proportionate resolution.
There are many reasons why businesses would want to use private prosecutions. Increasingly police budget cuts mean that the authorities are far less likely to investigate fraud. We are able to deploy investigators, forensic accountants and expert legal knowledge quickly and effectively, to determine whether a prosecution should be brought.
Our process when acting on private prosecutions is to initially assess the merits of a prosecution, to advise on costs and risks and to create a strategy to progress meritorious cases to trial.