Profile: Ross practices mainly in the area of criminal law with an emphasis on fraud. He regularly appears in the Crown Court and the Court of Appeal. He is also instructed in cases involving issues of fraud before the Civil Courts.
Ross has acted a leading junior and as a junior and is frequently instructed in matters involving complex points of law.
His practice has developed as a natural progression of his career prior to being called to the bar. Ross previously worked in a number of roles involving the analysis of financial and quantitative information for oil companies and banks, consequently he is able to deal with issues involving the analysis of financial and statistical data in a manner which other barristers often find difficult.
Qualifications:
BA Econ. (University of Leeds)
LLB (City University)
MBA (Cass Business School)
Reported Cases:
R –v- Hilda Gondwe-Da Silva [2006] 2 Crim App R 35.
The Court of Appeal defined suspicion for the purposes of money laundering.
R-v- Renda, Ball, Osbourne, Razaq and Razaq [2006] 1 Crim App R 24.
One of the leading cases on the bad character provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.
R-v- Graham & Whatley [2005] 1 Crim App R (S) 115.
Guideline case on sentencing for benefit fraud. The case also considered issues of sentencing with respect to specimen counts. |