Robert Weston

Solicitor - Partner - LLP Member

SRA ID: 427986

Rob Weston is a Solicitor with over 20 years’ experience, focussing on fraud, criminal, and employment disputes. He is a Senior Partner at Bassets. He is a member of the Fraud Lawyers Association and the Criminal Law Solicitors’ Association. Fraud Rob’s fraud work involves: • Defending clients and businesses in complex white and grey collar serious fraud cases. This work includes advising and guiding clients through pre-charge investigations and court proceedings. • Defending matters conducted by several agencies including the FCA, NCA, HMRC, Trading Standards, Local Authority, and the CPS. • Offences under the Proceeds of Crime Act, including money laundering. • Confiscation and Asset Forfeiture (pre and post prosecution). • Very High Cost Cases (VHCC) • Cases often involving multiple defendants and voluminous evidence and disclosure. Rob has forged excellent working relationships with specialist fraud barristers. Serious Crime Rob’s serious crime work is varied: • Defending clients in serious crime cases including murder, sexual, organised crime and drug offences. • Cases involving multiple defendants and large quantities of prosecution evidence. • Vast experience dealing with cases involving mobile phone data, EncroChat, cell site analysis, and forensic evidence. • Serious road traffic offences resulting in fatality or serious injury. • Guiding clients through the pre charge investigation process, and if required, court proceedings. Rob has excellent working relationships with barristers who are specialist advocates hand picked for a particular case. Employment Rob’s employment work includes: • Acting for claimants and defended businesses in Employment Tribunal proceedings involving unfair dismissal, unpaid wages, discrimination and whistleblowing. Rob understands that litigation can be stressful, time consuming and expensive. To that end, he strives to resolve cases in a pragmatic way. That is not always accomplishable, and if not, he will guide and prepare his clients for the Tribunal hearings. • Vast experience drafting settlement agreements for businesses and advising individuals on the terms and implications of signing settlement agreements. • Drafting contracts and employment policies. • Advising businesses on redundancies and restructuring.