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Police Law: Mainly Defendant - All Circuits
Individual Editorial
Nicholas Yeo KC enters the rankings this year. He is a talented barrister who acts for polices forces, primarily in inquests. He has experience of dealing with high profile cases, such as the shooting of Jermaine Baker.
Strengths
I really like Nicholas Yeo, he is a nice guy, approachable and easy to deal with. He is knowledgeable and on top of his papers.
Nicholas Yeo is highly cerebral, very technical and authoritative. You would not want to get tangled up in legal arguments with him, he handles cases very well.
Nicholas Yeo is streetwise; he is really good with the clients.
Nicholas Yeo is is excellent, he gets used for cases with phones and IT. He has a sense of humour with clients.
Financial Crime - London (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Nicholas Yeo KC specialises in fraud and has noted expertise in money laundering, an area he regularly writes about in various texts. As well as acting in high-profile criminal prosecutions by the Financial Conduct Authority, his recent instructions have included multi-jurisdictional corruption matters and a wide variety of fraud defences. He is a popular choice for both individual clients and large corporations seeking advice on financial crime matters.
Strengths
He is experienced with encyclopaedic knowledge, great with clients and has a superb court manner.
Brilliant recall in complicated fact heavy cases, with a disarming manner that wins.
Crime - London (Bar)
Strengths
He has been great. He is very tactical.
Nicholas is hard-working, able to process a lot of information and doesn't mind whom he comes up against. He is very cool and has an extremely good poker face.
Professional Discipline - London (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Nicholas Yeo KC is a police law specialist who advises and represents both officers and the authorities. His instructions concern a wide variety of matters including sexual offences and fatalities.
Strengths
Nicholas is highly cerebral, very technical and authoritative.
POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture - All Circuits
Individual Editorial
Nicholas Yeo KC frequently represents clients in money laundering, confiscation and cash recovery cases, and advises on restraint order applications. He is well regarded for his work on high-value cases with international aspects. Yeo has represented a number of clients before the Court of Appeal.
Strengths
Nicholas Yeo is a force to be reckoned with in the field of POCA.
Nick Yeo wrote one of the leading practitioner texts on POCA and has been in a number of big Court of Appeal cases concerning asset forfeiture.
He makes taking difficult points seem effortless and his advocacy is well judged, as is his drafting. He fully deserved to take silk.
Nicholas Yeo is hard-working and able to process a lot of information in a short time. Someone who doesn't mind who he comes up against in court, he is very cool and has an extremely good poker face.