Call: 1987*
Practice
Paul Lawton specialises in a wide variety of financial crime, regulatory and quasi-criminal work.
Cases of Interest:
General Medical Council:
Dr S – negligent prescription (seminal GMC Manchester case)
Dr B – performance (impairment through alcohol)
Dr P – historic allegations (High Court procedures)
MTIC Fraud/Money Laundering:
Operation Waddington (R v Paul Winter Morris & others) – Solicitor charged with £8 million money laundering
Operation Janus – vast scale identification fraud and related money laundering
R v Fury & others – historic money laundering and asset recovery
Health & Safety/Trading Standards:
Raven (London) Construction Ltd – multiple defendant Health & Safety breaches of asbestos regulations
Salford City Council v Kumar – trade mark infringement
Cheshire Trading Standards v Walker – sporting memorabilia infringements for teams including Manchester United and Liverpool
Other Crown Court cases:
Operation Nile - R v Pitt and Others - murder/attempted murder/conspiracy to possess firearms with intent to endanger life
Operation Chatteris - R v Murray and Others - vast car ringing conspiracy extending to hundreds of vehicles and involving extensive vehicle document fraud
Operation Sardine/Operation Pallet - Importation of Class ‘A’ and ‘B’ controlled drugs with street values in excess of £1 million.
Career
- Alsager School, Cheshire;
- Manchester Metropolitan University (LLB Hons);
- Inns of Court School of Law;
- Called to the Bar 1987 (Lincoln's Inn)
- Appointed Recorder 2004
Memberships
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