Urgent help
If you have been arrested or asked to attend a police interview, call straight away. Free legal advice is available at the police station.
Areas of law
Criminal defence, business crime, tax, and investigations.
David acts for individuals and businesses facing criminal charges, police station interviews, court proceedings, and regulatory investigations.
01 · Crime and investigation
Advice from the police station through to appeal.
David represents people who have been arrested, asked to attend a police interview, charged, or brought before the criminal courts. He explains the process in plain English and helps you make careful decisions under pressure.
Free legal advice is available at the police station. If you have been asked to attend an interview, call before you go.
Specialist services: Police station representation → | Magistrates' court lawyer → | Crown court solicitor → | Motoring offences → | Drug offences → | Coventry solicitor →
02 · Business crime and fraud
Serious allegations need early strategic advice.
Business crime cases can affect liberty, reputation, trading relationships, and professional standing. David acts for individuals and businesses facing fraud, bribery, money laundering, and serious financial crime investigations.
He has built and led business crime teams and has acted in substantial cases involving alleged bank misconduct, broadcast piracy, offshore investment fraud, and other complex prosecutions. Cases have included SFO investigation defence, section 2 notice interviews, multi-defendant Crown Court trials, and Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) confiscation proceedings. David advises on fraud solicitor work across Birmingham and the West Midlands, including cases involving the Serious Fraud Office, HMRC criminal investigation teams, and the Financial Conduct Authority.
Specialist business crime services: Fraud solicitor → | Serious fraud / SFO → | Money laundering → | Business crime (overview) →
03 · Tax and regulatory investigations
Clear advice where criminal and regulatory risk overlap.
David has headed tax investigations and prosecutions work and advises clients facing HMRC, FCA, trading standards, environmental, food, health and safety, and professional discipline matters.
These cases often begin with requests for information, searches, interviews, or notices that feel administrative but carry serious risk. David has particular experience of HMRC criminal investigations, VAT and MTIC fraud cases, FCA compelled interviews under s171 FSMA, and regulatory prosecutions under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Early advice helps protect your position.
Specialist regulatory services: HMRC investigation → | FCA investigation → | Regulatory solicitor →
Fees and next steps
You will know what to expect.
David works with private clients on a personal basis. You will know what things cost and what to expect before work begins.
Private advice
For private matters, David explains likely cost, next steps, and realistic options before you decide how to proceed.
Businesses
For companies and directors, David focuses on early strategy, reputation risk, document handling, and the safest route through the investigation.