Kieran Vaughan KC

Described in one of the leading UK legal directories as: “possibly the best KC of our generation.”

Widely recognised as one of the UK’s top criminal defence barristers whose experience in dealing with the most serious, complex and high-profile cases is almost unparalleled. Defended in many of the highest profile fraud, murder, terrorist, sexual offences and organised crime cases, such as:

Steve Wright ("Suffolk Strangler" widely reported as one of the UK's serial killers having murdered 6 females)

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson (charged with sexual offences)

Thomas “The Bomber” Kavanagh (said to be the “Kinihan’s UK lieutenant”);

Semion Kuksov (A lead defendant in NCA international billion dollar money laundering operation)

Jason Curtis (not having conducted the original trial, successfully appealed Mr Curtis's conviction for murder and represented him at re-trial where he was subsequently acquitted of murder)

Ched Evans (International and Premiership footballer – led the defence in the Court of Appeal resulting in rape conviction being quashed);

DM (defended lead defendant in the £250 million fraud on HBOS

Sean Hoey (Omagh Bombing – charged with 29 murders);

JB (co-defendant of Terry Adams in large scale multi-million pounds money laundering case);

Reece Nelson (Arsenal footballer);

CS (former CFO of UBS Bank);

Usman Khan (London Bridge attacker).

Co-authored Sweet and Maxwell's Confiscation Manual.

Wrote the forward to a leading scientific text book on DNA – “A Guide To Forensic DNA Profiling.” Contributed to the very recent Panorama broadcast concerning the Lucy Letby case.