Jane Osborne KC

Practice Areas

Jane has a leading practice in complex prosecution and defence work, particularly in the field of financial business crime. Jane is regularly instructed, both to prosecute and defend, in cases of conspiracy to defraud and to cheat the revenue, MTIC and carousel frauds, and in multi million pound money laundering investigations. She is regularly involved in Proceeds of Crime Act proceedings to secure and then recover the proceeds of such offences, often amounting to multiple millions of pounds. Jane is part of the Serious Fraud Office counsel panel. Jane also has a substantial appellate practice in the field of financial crime having appeared in the Court of Appeal Criminal Division in the recent past to argue points of law relating to Conspiracy to Cheat the Revenue indictments, the provisions of s.328 POCA and the meaning of "criminal property", the reliance on evidence obtained from covert listening devices in the context of fraud investigations, and the admissibility of expert evidence.

Career

Appointed King's Counsel 2020

Called 2000

Professional Memberships

Criminal Bar Association

Private Prosecutor's Association

Fraud Lawyer's Association

Female Fraud Forum

South Eastern Circuit