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Provided by Keith Mitchell
Widely recognised as the 'go to' specialist in all types of major fraud, including business, financial and regulatory white-collar crime. A renowned jury advocate, it is said -“His ability to sift through heavy paperwork and present a cogent argument in court is the envy of many”, and “He is just superb. He’s always involved in the biggest cases in the country and he has a great touch with the clients.” He led in a HMRC £29million Dubai based Research and Development Fraud. Successful cases include, ‘Operation Cactus Hent’ the North West SIPP fraud (involving an unsuccessful appeal by the prosecution to the LCJ see [2015] EWCA Crim 5380), a successful submission of no case to answer in Operation Galion [2016], and successfully concluded Operation Holt £1.7 billion Insider dealing inside Logica. Secured acquittal of Solicitor client/Law Society panel member and former president over an allegation of Fraud [2017]. In 2018 completed one of the largest cyber net frauds ever prosecuted, ‘Operation Dougal’ which netted more than £36million. In 2022 led in Operation Aspen, and successfully defended an HMRC investigation into the tax affairs of Gentlemen's Clubs, most recently successfully led in Operation Maple Lodge [2023] £81 million postal fraud, securing an acquittal after 4 year delay. Successfully led and defended a private prosecution of Care Homes with Furlong / USA jurisdictional issues, July 2024
2014- UK White Collar Crime Barrister of the Year -AI
2016- Best for White Collar Criminal Law UK- AI
2021 Global Law Expert.
Provided by Chambers
Keith Mitchell frequently acts unled, acting for the defence in high-value cases. His caseload includes a number of tax fraud, corruption and trading standards matters. He has noted expertise in major bribery cases and is adept at handling cross-border issues.
Provided by Chambers
Keith Mitchell is user-friendly and has got extremely good pastoral skills. He is a particularly good jury advocate and easily captures a jury.
Keith gets to the underlying issues involved and digests large volumes of papers. He focuses on the cracks in the case and gives sound advice.
Keith Mitchell is user-friendly and has got extremely good pastoral skills. He is a particularly good jury advocate and easily captures a jury.
Keith gets to the underlying issues involved and digests large volumes of papers. He focuses on the cracks in the case and gives sound advice.
