Adrian Maxwell
Call 1993 (Middle Temple)
Qualifications MA Oxon 1989, Bramshill Scholar at St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Professional Memberships Criminal Bar Association; Western Circuit; Forensic Science Society; Fellow of the Security Institute. Member of the Bar of the Sovereign Base Areas of Episcopi and Dhekalia; Chairman of the South West Fraud Forum.
Judicial Office Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) 2002
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Areas of Practice
Adrian came to the Bar after 24 years with the City of London Police. He was attached to the Special Patrol Group, No. 9 Regional Crime Squad (where he specialised in managing covert operations and informant-handling and was an instructor in surveillance techniques), the City of London Fraud Squad and latterly the Serious Fraud Office (where, as a Detective Inspector, he was in charge of police teams in Blue Arrow/County NatWest, Fox Milton and other major fraud investigations). He retired from the Force with the Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.
Adrian specialises in serious fraud, money-laundering, confiscation (civil and criminal), public sector corruption organised crime, covert operations, RIPA 2000 and disciplinary and regulatory matters. He regularly advises in non-contentious money laundering matters. He qualifies as a Lead Advocate for the purposes of the VHCC tendering process. He appears in prison, police, accountancy and other professional disciplinary tribunals and before prison parole boards. He is a Fellow of the Security Institute and takes a special interest in the law relating to the security industry.
He recently prosecuted a senior Council official for corruption, for diverting youth project work resources to the value of nearly £50,000. The case attracted a lot of local media attention. In addition to this, Adrian is currently advising the Crown in relation to a large-scale public sector corruption case and a national body in relation to the proportionality of Home Office Fire Safety Orders (RRFSO).
He advises on money-laundering matters and regularly lectures in all his practice subjects and has lectured to Russian bankers in Moscow on money-laundering.
He is standing counsel for PostComm (the postal regulator) and is on the Serious Fraud Office’s list of prosecuting counsel and on the VHCC and MOD lists of defense counsel.
He travels regularly to Cyprus where he defends members of the armed forces who are appearing before military courts martial and who have committed offences within the Sovereign Base area.
Adrian regularly conducts presentations in fraud, ID fraud, money laundering and security industry law (including for: Central Law Training, BCSC, ACFE, ASIS, BFI, CMPI). He is also a regular contributor to Security Management Today, a Bar Speaker for Shools and has been invited to speak in Brussels at Fraud Europe 2008 in April of 2008.
Direct Access
Adrian is qualified to undertake Direct Access work in appropriate cases, for further information, please visit our Direct Access page.
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