Business Crime & Fraud

"Mountford Chambers is very strong in this area with a diversity of talent and expertise across all levels of experience."

Legal 500 [2025]

Mountford Chambers is home to a team of specialist business crime and fraud barristers who are recognised in both the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners for their notable expertise in corporate and financial crime.

Business Crime and Fraud Barristers

Our members appear in a wide-range of corporate crime cases, from stock market to banking fraud, to cases involving allegations of bribery and corruption.

Highly experienced in fraud” Legal 500 [2022].

“Mountford Chambers is very strong in this area with a diversity of talent and expertise across all levels of experience.” Legal 500 [2025].

Members are regularly instructed to represent their clients in SFO, FCA and HMRC investigations, and count several bankers, accountants and brokers among their enviable client base” Chambers & Partners [2025].

Mountford Chambers places a strong emphasis on providing a seamless service. From the very first days of investigation, we aim to instil confidence in our clients by ensuring they have access to expert advice and support at all times, as well as the highest quality representation in any court proceedings.

Known for being motivated, hard-working and technically skilled, our barristers are also adept strategists. They are able to plan ahead to deliver the very best advice and representation, especially in high-stakes proceedings.

Members are routinely engaged at the pre-charge stage of proceedings to provide tactical advice to solicitors and clients with a view to halting proceedings before they have opportunity to imbed.

Business Crime & Fraud Expertise

Business Crime & Fraud Barristers

Chris Henley KC

Call: 1989 Silk: 2015

Head of Chambers

Charles Bott KC

Call: 1979 Silk: 2008

Colin Aylott KC

Colin Aylott KC

Call: 1989 Silk: 2017

Edward Henry KC

Call: 1988 Silk: 2018

Peter Corrigan

Call: 1972

Barry Kogan

Call: 1973

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Get in touch

Mountford Chambers is home to a team of highly responsive, experienced and knowledgeable clerks.

Ben Heaviside, Senior Clerk at Mountford Chambers

Ben Heaviside

To email Ben click here or call on 020 7936 6300
Out of hours 07793 318647

Business Crime & Fraud news

Daniel and Sophie

Dan Frier, leading Sophie Evans, represented a female of good character charged with fraudulent trading over a seven year period…

Recent Cases
26/08/2025
Mark Watson

Mark Watson represented the defendant, who was the subject of Operation Tomsk and secured a 7 year sentence. Operation Tomsk…

Recent Cases
30/07/2025
Ben Hargreaves

Ben Hargreaves was instructed by Matt O’Brien of Jonas Roy Bloom Solicitors, Birmingham, in a complex matter of fraudulent trading…

Recent Cases
04/07/2025

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