Bankside Law
James Moreton
A director of Bankside Law, James specialises in the defence of business crime, serious fraud, money laundering and cases of a financially complex nature. He has considerable experience advising and representing individuals in high profile matters prosecuted by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and HM Revenue and Customs and acts for members of the Armed Forces in serious cases.
James represents the Solicitors Regulation Authority as a panel advocate in disciplinary proceedings before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.
James is a Solicitor Advocate (Criminal Courts) and a member of the London Criminal Court Solicitors' Association (LCCSA), the London Fraud Forum and the Solicitors' Association of Higher Court Advocates (SAHCA). He sits on the Fraud and Criminal High Cost Cases Appeal Committee at the Legal Services Commission and is a supervisor of the Specialist Fraud Panel.
Notable cases include:
- R v D & others [Homes Assured];
- R v P & others [European Leisure];
- R v S & others [Harrovian];
- R v P & others [Robinsons];
- R v A & others [Peninsular Holdings/Corporate Advances];
- R v G & others [Kudos – financial instrument fraud];
- R v T [mortgage fraud];
- R v C & others [advance fee fraud];
- R v A & others [fraud on insurance companies];
- R v D & others [MTIC Carousel Fraud];
- R v E & others [unlawful and dangerous act manslaughter] and R v A [importation].
Interests - motor racing, cinema, travel and architecture.
