News & Briefings
BSQ News - Private Prosecution Quashed as Abuse of Process
BSQ partner Daniel Godden has successfully advised a Company Director in a private prosecution alleging serious fraud. Our client CX faced charges of conspiracy to commit fraud in the Crown Court.
BSQ Briefing – Legal Privilege for Corporate Clients in Criminal Investigations Following SFO v ENRC
In an important precedent the Court of Appeal have strongly defended the principle that companies facing a possible criminal investigation can rely on legal professional privilege to preserve the confidentiality of their communications with the professional advisers.
BSQ Instructed in Two New Search Warrant Challenges
BSQ is presently acting in two search warrant challenges arising from complex and high profile for police investigations.
BSQ Partner Daniel Godden Writes for Blackstones Criminal Practice 2019
BSQ partner Daniel Godden has been commissioned to contribute to Blackstone’s Criminal Practice 2019.
BSQ Private Client Acquittal for Medical Physician
BSQ’s private client department has secured an acquittal for our professional client, a consultant medical physician.
BSQ Cash Seizure Success
In contested cash seizure proceedings BSQ partner Roger Sahota has successfully secured the return of £10,000 to one of our clients.
BSQ Instructed in Another Indian Extradition Challenge
BSQ partner Roger J Sahota has been instructed in another challenge to an extradition request brought by the Government of India
Tax Avoidance and Evasion 2018 - BSQ Partner Daniel Godden Presents Lexis Nexis Webinar
BSQ partner Daniel Godden has been asked to present a Lexis Nexis webinar on tax avoidance and evasion 2018. The webinar is available for subscribers here.
BSQ Partner Attends Saakashvili Press Conference in the Hague
BSQ Partner Roger Sahota attended a press conference in the Hague, Netherlands on 29 May 2018 held by BSQ client Mikheil Saakashvili, the Former Georgian President and Governor of Odessa.
Saakashvili Press Conference Scheduled in Hague
BSQ partner Roger Sahota has been instructed in and will be attending a press conference organised on behalf of the former Georgian Prime Minister Mikheil Saakashvili in the Hague on Tuesday focusing on human rights violations following his expulsion from the Ukraine earlier this year.
Court of Appeal clarifies Meaning of ‘Possession” in Indecent Images Prosecutions
BSQ Partner Roger Sahota considers the recent case of R v Okoro (No 3) [2018] EWCA Crim 1929
Ringing the Death Knell for the Entrapment Defence – Paedophile Vigilantes and the Law - BSQ Briefing
BSQ partner Roger Sahota examines TL[2018] EWCA Crim 1821 the most important decision on the abuse of process doctrine handed down by the Court of Appeal in many years.
Roger Sahota writes for the IBA on Account Freezing Orders
Extracted below is BSQ Partner Roger Sahota’s article on Account Freezing Orders for the International Bar Association’s Criminal Law Bulletin.
BSQ Court of Appeal Success in Drug Trafficking Case
A BSQ client has had his sentence significantly reduced by the Court of Appeal.
Indecent Images Update - Court of Appeal Revises Guidelines in SHOPO Cases
A recent decision by the Court of Appeal provides welcome clarity to defendants and participants in indecent images cases.
BSQ Instructed in AFO - High Net Worth Individuals Targeted in Corruption Crackdown
On the 17th April 2018 the police were given new powers which are now being used to freeze the bank accounts of wealthy London based foreign nationals.
BSQ Instructed in “Diet Pills” Business Manslaughter Case
BSQ have been instructed in a high profile and unusual business manslaughter prosecution.
Sexual Assault Prosecution Discontinued Pre-Charge
Following service of a defence case statement setting out the basis of client's defence to sexual assault charges the CPS have discontinued the prosecution of a BSQ client.
Tax Fraud Prosecution Fails - BSQ Acquittal Features in Taxation Magazine
BSQ partners Daniel Godden and Roger Sahota have co-authored an article together that features in this weeks Taxation magazine.
Health and Safety Prosecution Discontinued After BSQ Intervention
A large scale health and safety prosecution by Westminster Council has been discontinued following an intervention by BSQ solicitors.