Ewing Law is renowned as a leading private law firm specialising in the defence of serious and complex criminal prosecutions and professional regulation. Based in Westminster, we accept instruction from private clients in all criminal and regulatory matters.
Frequently instructed to defend in major, nationally reported criminal trials, Ewing Law is a recognised leader when it comes to serious/complex crime.
With the experience and expertise to deliver in even the most serious, complex and high profile of criminal cases, our practice ranges from murder to large scale drug conspiracies, and from kidnap, blackmail and armed robberies to allegations of a sexual nature, particularly those within the media and sporting sectors. In addition we have a particular and much sought after expertise in the fields of corruption, bribery and money laundering.
With decades of experience to call upon, our team members have been instructed to defend in cases brought by all of the major UK prosecuting bodies, including but not limited to the Crown Prosecution Service, CPS Special Case Work Unit, National Crime Agency, Serious Fraud Office, HMRC, Insolvency Service, Health and Safety Executive, Department of Work and Pensions, Financial Conduct Authority and more. This wealth of experience makes Ewing Law the logical choice for any individual or company subject to investigation by any prosecuting body within the United Kingdom.
We are regularly instructed to defend nationwide, with our reputation in this area of law taking us from London to Newcastle and everywhere in between. In addition, our team members in recent times have worked internationally in states such as Spain, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Portugal, Cyprus, Ireland, China, Barbados, Philippines and Hong Kong.
Ewing Law is recognised as one of the leading defence firms in the field of white collar crime. With practically every member of the core team having specialised in defending the most complex allegations, together they possess unrivalled experience in every variation of white collar crime, including boiler-room, carousel and ponzi frauds, money laundering, insider trading, bribery and corruption.
Led by Principal Solicitor Scott Ewing – long regarded as the ‘go-to’ lawyer throughout the City of London in respect of fraud allegations and regulatory advice – our lawyers have been instructed in many of the largest, most complicated fraud trials of the past 20 years.
Our team have also been involved in some of the biggest confiscation proceedings brought since the introduction of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, where their various successes have left Ewing Law in such demand that we are now often approached to privately undertake POCA proceedings, even when not instructed in the original case.
In addition to a wealth of experience defending serious crime and complex fraud, the defence expertise of the Ewing Law team applies equally to cases of general crime, whether tried in the magistrates court or before a jury in the Crown Court.
Whilst legal aid is generally available for offences of this type (subject to means testing), the rates paid are very low and as such it is extremely difficult to properly prepare such a case to Ewing Law’s exacting standards, and equally difficult to find a suitably able barrister willing to act. Ewing Law will therefore only accept these cases on a private basis, to ensure that our clients are properly represented at every stage and that they enjoy the best possible defence team.
Ewing Law accepts private instruction to act on behalf of the defence in respect of any and all alleged motoring offences.
Whilst some build a brand around the concept of loophole defences, at Ewing Law we simply instruct the best, most experienced road-traffic barristers to study every case in detail and identify any technical or procedural defences which may be available. In addition, our specialists will advise fully and realistically on any factual defence advanced by our clients, and we routinely instruct experts in the field of alcoholic dissipation, GATSO (and other speed camera) calibration/accuracy and vehicle performance to challenge the prosecution case.
Those who bring allegations of road traffic violation to our team can be assured of honest, up-to-date and wholly realistic advice. If there is a factual defence with a reasonable prospect of success, we will tell you. If there is a technical or procedural point to be raised, we will advise you. But if there is no chance of success, or if our client is hoping for a ‘loophole’ which no longer exists, we will advise of this also. At Ewing Law our client is our number one priority, and we have no wish to pursue any case that is not in that client’s interest.
The Ewing Law team boasts considerable experience in advising and defending in a wide variety of Regulatory matters.
These have ranged from Health and Safety prosecutions to allegations of Food Standard Agency violations, and to matters brought before the General Medical Council, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, the General Dental Council and the Financial Conduct Authority.
In addition to regulatory prosecutions we have for many years represented professional sportsmen and sportswomen before the governing bodies of their chosen sport. This experience has in the main been before the Amateur Boxing Association, The British Boxing Board of Control and the Rugby Football Union and the United Kingdom Anti-Doping Panel, but has also included the Football Association.
Ewing Law has defended these matters at all levels, from the Magistrates Court through to the High Court and all the way to the Court of Appeal.
A successful business will seek legal advice before entering into a commercial arrangement or a contract of any sort in order to avoid legal dispute or difficulties at a later stage. The most successful, however, will do the same in respect of whether their proposed actions carry any technical criminal or regulatory breaches.
As a result of our many years at the very forefront of white collar criminal defence and regulatory law, the Ewing Law team are well versed in the more technical aspects of what can and cannot constitute a ‘fraud’, in both the criminal and civil sense. We are also very aware of what seemingly innocuous actions would amount to a breach of regulatory rules in, for example, the financial sector. This expertise has left us in great demand when it comes to providing pre-emptive advice to bankers, traders and entrepreneurs, to ensure that their proposed actions or business conduct is both wholly legal and within the bounds of their own regulatory rules.
Believing strongly that crime prevention is preferable criminal defence, our founder and Principal Solicitor takes the lead with the criminal and regulatory aspect of this advisory service. Over the years Scott’s advice has seen many well known institutions and individuals change their intended courses of conduct to ensure that their actions are sound from both a legally and regulatory position, saving them money and sleepless nights in the process.
Our advisory services are offered internationally.
