Practice
Siobhan Grey has specialised as a criminal defence advocate for sixteen years in the Crown Court. Her practice has ranged from terrorism and murder to corporate fraud and money laundering. Increasingly, her practice has focused on two principal areas: white collar fraud including market abuse, as well as cases with a particular emphasis on Article 10 - freedom of expression in the context of protest cases, as well as defending one of three men accused of an alleged terrorist plot in a prosecution triggered by an expose in the now defunct News of the World newspaper.
In the context of white collar serious fraud, she has defended in cases brought by the Financial Services Authority, Serious Fraud Office and HM Revenue and Customs including serious revenue, money laundering and POCA related offences. She has extensive experience of dealing with cases involving pensions, market abuse and offences contrary to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as well as restraint, confiscation and enforcement proceedings.
What the directories say
Siobhan is recognised in the latest edition of Chambers & Partners as a leading junior in the area of Criminal Fraud. Observers say "Very bright and very hard-working, she is adored by clients".
White Collar Crime
- R v McInerney: represented a company director in relation to a multi million pound Boiler room Fraud.
- R v Taneja ( 2011) Represented the senior partner of a law firm on allegations of conspiracy to defraud insurance companies. The case focused on the issue of referral fees within the context of legal expenses insurance.
- R v Pitcher: (2011) Represented a pensions' trustee in a conspiracy to defraud involving £50 million of pension funds which were disinvested from the United Kingdom and reinvested internationally. The case is considered the biggest pensions' fraud since the Maxwell trial in the 1990s.
- R v Usher: (2009) Represented a company director in a multi-million pound international investment fraud.
- R v Hening: (2009/2010) Represented a company director in a "Missing Trader" VAT fraud involving the evasion of VAT to the sum of £53 million. The defendant, a French national, was extradited from France and was said to be the mastermind behind the operation.
- R v Simeon (2008): Represented a company director on charges of money laundering.
- R v Leon (2008): Confiscation hearing regarding a multi million pound cigarette importation.
- R v Simpson (2006): Money laundering trial culminating in the House of Lords' decision of R v Montilla [2005] 1. Cr. App. R. 26
- R v Mehta: Represented a company director in Enforcement proceedings in relation to a VAT fraud involving £10 million.
Terrorism
- R v Fernandes: Led junior defence counsel in a case where an undercover operation was said to have revealed a conspiracy to obtain radioactive red mercury and whose main prosecution witness was the News of the World's "Fake Sheikh" journalist.
Murder
- R v Astall: Led junior defence counsel in a case where a man was accused of the manual strangulation and double rape and sexual assault of his partner.
- Seton v United Kingdom: Led junior counsel for the first defendant in a gang-land shooting. An application has recently been lodged before the European Court of Human Rights pertaining to a Hearsay evidence.
- R v Bowman: Six-day appeal hearing in the Court of Appeal regarding an appellant convicted of murdering. The case included expert evidence from seven pathologists concerning the manifestation of manual strangulation on the deceased after an exhumation 25 years after death. There was further expert evidence from a psychologist pertaining to childhood amnesia.
Media
As well as engaging in trial advocacy, Siobhan advises in relation to pre-publication material for National Newspapers in the areas of libel and Contempt of Court Proceedings.
Publications and Seminars On 4th February 2010, Siobhan Grey staged a seminar on Press Standards in the United Kingdom entitled, "Gagging the Press - Is the Public Bound to Suffer?" at Gray's Inn Hall.
The event was attended by the senior judiciary; the media; the Press Complaints Commission and NGOs. Siobhan opened the seminar and co-authored an introductory booklet on privacy and libel with Professor Eric Barendt. The seminar was chaired by Lord Justice Moses. The speakers included:
Professor Eric Barendt: Goodwin Professor of Media Law at UCL
Juliet Herd: International editor of HELLO!
Sir Ken Macdonald QC: Former DPP
Max Mosley: Former President of the FIA
Benedict Pavio: Broadcaster for France 24
Alan Rusbridger: Editor of The Guardian Newspaper
Bob Satchwell: Society of Editors
Siobhan staged and introduced a further seminar entitled, Exposed, on 22nd September 2010 at Tate Modern Gallery which focused on Privacy, Censorship and State Surveillance. Speakers included Lord Hoffmann, retired Law Lord; Henry Porter, Observer Journalist and Alison Jackson, artist and film maker. Lecture (January 2011) - Presented a lecture to The Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn entitled,
- "Too Much Information: The Dangers of living in the Digital Age."
- Article (Counsel Magazine, May 2010): The Changing Role of the Press
- Article (Counsel Magazine, December 2010) Exposed: Surveillance, Privacy and Censorship.
- Article (Counsel Magazine, April 2011) Libel Reform - Is it in the Public Interest?
- Co-wrote JUSTICE's Manual on "Appealing criminal cases to the Court of Appeal."
- The Journal of Media law (Volume 3 Issue 2 2011) "The World Wide Web: Life Blood for the Public orPoison for the Jury". To view this article please click here.
Memberships - Committee member: Gray's Inn Advocacy and CPD committee.
- Criminal Bar Association
- Criminal Appeal Lawyers' Association
- South Eastern Circuit
- Amnesty International.
- Liberty
- Scoliosis Association (Charity for Spinal Curviture)
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Year of Call
1994
Education
BA (Hons) London University; CPE City University; Gray's Inn Advocacy Trainer
Email Address
s.grey@doughtystreet.co.uk
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