Ben Brocklehurst
Ben Brocklehurst is a vastly experienced Lawyer with particular expertise in defending high value white collar crime and related Restraint/Confiscation proceedings.
Ben has represented numerous defendants in large and complex criminal and regulatory investigations/proceedings brought by the Police/CPS, SFO (and DoJ/SEC), FCA (and CFTC) and HMRC concerning allegations of insider-dealing, money-laundering, international bribery and corruption, market abuse, LIBOR manipulation, Tax/VAT fraud, other fraud and other regulatory breaches.
Practice Area
Panel
- Contributing Author
Qualified Year
- 2005
Membership
- Fraud Lawyers Association
Qualification
- CILEx Diploma (2005)
1 Contributions by Ben Brocklehurst
PRACTICE NOTES
Criminal investigations and reputation: pre-charge anonymity, police/CPS identification, media engagement, privacy/defamation, contempt, reporting restrictions and anti-SLAPP developments (ECCTA 2023) (England and Wales)
This Practice Note outlines the key considerations when a client is under investigation for a criminal offence and concerned about adverse publicity. It sets out what information investigators may disclose during a criminal investigation and highlights the measures available to minimise harm to a client’s reputation. It further clarifies the nature of any information investigators might make public during the course of their enquiries, and also points to steps to safeguard reputation.
Identifying suspects of crime
For corporate and high profile clients, safeguarding an untarnished reputation if they are investigated for a criminal offence is paramount. Practitioners should take defined steps to ensure this risk is reduced as far as possible. Where the client is a corporate body subjected to a dawn raid, directors should ensure staff are instructed not to tell anyone that the search is taking place, not to discuss it, and not to send any emails about it after the event...
Corporate Crime
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