Nicholas Barraclough
Called |
1990 | |
| nicholasbarraclough@187fleetstreet.com | ||
Contact |
John Pyne | |
Telephone |
020 7430 7430 | |
Fax |
020 7430 7431 |
Profile
Nick Barraclough is a specialist criminal law barrister with a wide ranging and extensive practice. He is experienced in most types and size of case, and undertakes advisory and review work, asset forfeiture and restraint, and disciplinary and regulatory work.
- Recommended by the Chambers and Partners Guide to the Legal Profession as a 'leader in the field of criminal law' for three consecutive years.
- Accredited by the Attorney-General as a Specialist Rape Prosecutor.
- Memberships: Criminal Bar Association, Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers.
Notable Cases
Fraud
R v M: Defended a £60 million diversion fraud. It was successfully argued that the prosecution was an abuse of process by Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise.
Murder
R v S A ‘missing body murder’.
R v P A 6-month trial involving abduction, torture and execution of two Jamaican gang members.
R v C Hit-man hired to kill a business associate of the defendant.
R v F Largest murder and rape investigation carried out in the West Country.
Drugs
R v P Represented ‘one of the largest drugs dealers in south London’ in a 2-month trial involving 60 kilos of cocaine, ‘millions’ of ecstasy tablets, and undercover police.
R v F 4-month trial involving a drugs 'super-grass', an international drugs syndicate, and allegations of conspiracy to supply multi-million pounds worth of heroin.
R v P Prosecuted 14 defendants in a series of cases arising from a large-scale undercover police operation aimed at the Oxfordshire drugs trade.
Sexual Offences
R v B Prosecuted a month long trial of a drug-dealer alleged to have falsely imprisoned, drugged, beaten and raped a series of victims.
R v K Prosecuted trial concerning the abduction and rape of an 18 year old homeless male by a serial sex offender.
R v P Violent and repeated rape in an alleged marriage of convenience. Nick Barraclough subsequently represented the defendant in a murder trial.
R v * Date rape of 15 year old girl by 16 year old.
Other
R v F Control of prostitutes in a string of London ‘saunas’. Nick Barraclough subsequently represented the defendant in a 4-month drugs trial.
R v L A ‘home alone’ child cruelty case: parents of a 10 year old spent the summer on holiday, leaving their 10 year old son to fend for himself.
http://www.nickbarracloughbarrister.co.uk
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