Work covers dishonest and deceptive conduct affecting businesses — including false accounting, procurement and payment scams, investment and mortgage and conveyancing title fraud, insider and employee embezzlement, and large-scale organised schemes. Solicitors investigate allegations, instruct forensic accountants, obtain and serve disclosure, apply for freezing and search orders and for restraint under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, draft civil recovery and fraudulent trading claims, make representations to the Serious Fraud Office and the Crown Prosecution Service, liaise with the Financial Conduct Authority and banks, and represent clients in the Crown Court and High Court. Cases are driven by criminal thresholds under the Fraud Act 2006, urgent asset preservation needs and cross-border evidence collection.
What a solicitor handles in these matters
Solicitors navigate the Fraud Act 2006 and the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, prepare restraint and civil recovery applications, manage disclosure and forensic accounting, and coordinate with the SFO, CPS, FCA, banks and insolvency practitioners. Typical tasks include drafting complex pleadings, tracing and recovering assets across jurisdictions, and managing parallel criminal proceedings alongside regulatory investigations.
