Formed in 1997, our reputation continues to grow and we pride ourselves on being a young, modern and progressive firm that adopts a bespoke, problem-solving approach to our clients’ cases.

Catherine heads our crime department and she is a very well-respected criminal practitioner, who also specialises in prison law and miscarriage of justice cases. We also take on a wide range of cases, from road traffic offences, through to rape and murder. She is currently recommended by the Legal 500 in the crime category.

Daniel is the managing partner and head of the fraud, regulatory and complex crime department, he qualified as a Barrister and is a Solicitor Advocate and specialist fraud supervisor dealing with many areas of practice including white-collar crime, business crime, bribery, regulatory and disciplinary proceedings and criminal litigation with a particular focus on money laundering, fraud, drug trafficking and complex confiscation.

He also acts in civil litigation, advising both individual and corporate clients where there are underlying criminal allegations or asset recovery issues.

A specialist fraud supervisor dealing with many areas of litigation including white-collar crime, business crime, bribery, confiscation, restraint or freezing cases, in fact if the problem is at all crime-related he can assist. He took a particular interest over the years of attacking unfairness in the procedures in criminal proceedings which led to his cases of ex parte Lee (the reintroduction of the common law rules for disclosure of helpful material by prosecutors), Edwards & Lewis v UK (secrecy in public interest immunity applications by prosecutors and the impact on a fair trial), ex parte Bentham (Habeas Corpus in s51 sendings to the Crown Court where procedures were wrongly dealt with), and O v Crown Court at Harrow (dealing with the withholding of bail for some defendants). He has many more in the Court of Appeal and House of Lords and is not afraid of sending cases for further consideration by the European Court of Human Rights. He has dealt with many fraud cases brought by a wide range of investigatory and prosecuting authorities. For many years he has been the only Kent based solicitor chosen by the Police Federation to look after its members if being investigated for criminal matters in the county.

He leads the prison department and assists to make sure prisoners’ rights are upheld. They will assist to ensure the rights of prisoners are upheld from a client being incarcerated to assisting with re-categorisation, planning sentences, parole, home leave and recall.

In charge of the team of family lawyers, Jennifer runs the matrimonial department, which has an excellent reputation. The team specialises in ancillary relief and private and public law for the Children Act.