David Hislop KC

Practice Areas

Homicide and Related Grave Offences; Business Crime and Investigations; Criminal Appeals

Career

Extensive career with expertise in a number of areas from murder and terrorism to the fine arts of fraud, cross border crime, money laundering and regulatory work. Over the last 10 years he has specialised predominately in the defence of those charged with murder or the most serious of sexual offences. His strike rate for acquittals in cases of murder is second to none. Known to have a particular expertise in the area of pathology and DNA. Popular with clients, he is known for his industry and ability to scythe through vast mountains of paperwork drilling down to the real issues in a case.

Publications

The author of the Fraud section on West Laws On-Line Encyclopedia for several years. He was a contributing author to The Practitioners Guide to the Law and Regulation of Financial Crime providing specialist chapters on Bribery and Corruption and Search Warrants and Production Orders. He has also authored a number of specialist articles on money laundering, banks, SARs and their customers, restraint orders, consumer protection legislation and insider trading.

Personal

LLB (Auckland University)

Diploma, National Institute Trial Advocacy (Denver University, Colarado)

Advanced Diploma, National Institute Trial Advocacy (Hofstra University, New York)