Jude Lanchin
Associate
Criminal law
Jude qualified as a solicitor in 1994, and since then has represented clients in a wide range of criminal proceedings from murder to serious fraud and money laundering.
Her recent fraud-related work includes:
- Successfully defending a former employee of a well-known financial institution, who was charged with a large-scale fraud involving a significant breach of trust with his employers;
- Complex confiscation proceedings with an international dimension, relating to a high-profile prosecution of an alleged head of an international criminal network;
- A multi-million pound Conspiracy to Defraud case and consequent proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
Jude is highly experienced in handling very complex cases involving issues of public interest immunity, witness anonymity, large-scale conspiracies, recent developments in surveillance, and cases alleged to involve organised criminal networks. She regularly acts in cases which attract national media attention, and in defence investigations that require sensitive and complex enquiries on behalf of clients, frequently involving consideration of highly specialist expert evidence.