Michael Hick
UK Bar Guide 2024
Band 4 : Financial Crime
Band 4
About
Provided by Michael Hick
Practice Areas
Michael Hick specialises in serious fraud, but also prosecutes and defends general crime.
He is regularly instructed in some of the most challenging criminal cases and his calm, considered advice is often sought in complex and difficult matters. When prosecuting he is instructed by the Serious Fraud Office (A list), the Financial Conduct Authority, the Insolvency Service and the CPS specialist fraud unit (Grade 4), whilst his defence practice ranges from money laundering to murder. He was previously instructed on the Bloody Sunday Inquiry. Before coming to the Bar Michael worked in the City as a Chartered Accountant and stockbroker, and spent time working for the Foreign Office in Africa and South-East Asia.
Career
Called in 1995
Appointed a Recorder of the Crown Court in 2018.