Nine Bedford Row

David Burgess

Called 1975
 

 
 

 


Introduction

Extensive experience as a Leading Junior defending in all areas of criminal work including homicide, serious fraud and corruption, drug trafficking, money-laundering and sexual offences.ey-laundering and sexual offences.

Education

LLB (Hons)

Notable cases

R v Awan & others: Led for the defence in a year long multi-million pound diversion fraud, one of the London City Bond cases that resulted in the Butterfield Review of HM Customs & Excise.

R v Bowers & others: Led for the defence of the second in command of the 'Peacock Gym Gang' in a case involving conspiracies to remove containers from ports and steal a million pound cash consignment from Gatwick airport.

R v Buckley & others: Led for the defence in a conspiracy to defraud banks and kidnapping.

R v Bennett & others: Led for the defence of one of the principals in the largest 'crack' cocaine production case yet uncovered in the UK with linked conspirators in France, Holland, the Caribbean and North America.

R v Kaplankiran & others: Led for the defence in a case involving the importation of many hundreds of kilos of heroin over a number of years by one of the key members of the Turkish mafia 'supergrass'.

R v Gellion: Defended a West Midlands police officer accused of misconduct in public office by giving sensitive intelligence material to a criminal.

R v Kreft & others: Defended the Sales Director of the Hilton Birmingham Metropole in a large-scale conspiracy to defraud the hotel.

R v Denning: Defended former Radio 1 DJ in historic paedophile case.

R v Castell von Castell: Defended a former barrister in an insurance fraud.

R v Ahmed & others: led for the defence in a case of fraudulent trading, conspiracy to steal and corruption in the London borough of Tower Hamlets.

R v Greaves & others: leading junior defending in a seven week £2m 'boiler room' fraud at Southwark Crown Court.

 

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