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Education
University of Warwick LLB 2:1
Bar Finals: Hughes Parry Prize Winner awarded to highest scoring Inner Temple candidate in Trusts and Contract
Practice
Adrian is consistently instructed in serious and complex cases including fraud, insider trading, money laundering, confiscation and civil proceedings under POCA, such as Part V proceedings and cash seizure cases. Adrian is experienced in representing both defendants and third parties affected by confiscation enforcement proceedings.
Adrian is frequently instructed as leading counsel.
Available for public access work
Qualified as mediator 2009
Inner Temple advocacy trainer
Adrian has been listed as a leader in Chambers UK.
Adrian Eissa is associated with the following areas of expertise:
Crime
General Fraud
White Collar Crime
Cases
Fraud and Financial Regulation/Proceeds of Crime
- R v MS Op Kronos 2012 – FSA prosecution -alleged insider trading in excess of £20,000,000
- R v CD Op Resolution 2012 - Trading Standards prosecution - alleged land fraud in excess of £24,000,000.
- R v EB Operation Lunate 2012 - Large scale money laundering and multiple mortgage fraud offences
- R v SS Operation Balt 2012 - Money laundering offences allegedly in excess of £20,000,000
- R v JV 2012 - Confiscation benefit figure reduced from £5,400,000 to £200,000
- R v VA 2011 – SFO prosecution of offences allegedly linked to the collapse of the Johnson Matthey Bank with current values of £7,000,000
- R v SM 2011 – Pharamacutical fraud involving undercover operatives from patent infringed drugs company
- R v PZ 2011 - “Long firm” fraud
- R v SS MTIC fraud
- R v JPB 2010 – Mortgage fraud in excess of £6,000,000
- R v HT 2010 - £36,000,000 confiscation claim arising out of MTIC offences
- R v JK 2009 – Money laundering of £2,500,000 and fraud and immigration offences arising out of establishment of bogus educational institution
- R v GL 2009 – Trading Standards prosecution – alleged loss to industry figure of £1,500,000
- R v FA 2011 cash seizure of airport – argued abuse of process when same funds pursued by both police and tax authorities
- R v K and L 2009 Seziure of £180,000 from company directors at airport.
Crime
- R v GA 2012 Operation Pillow multi million pound alleged importation of cutting agents in excess of 3 tonnes capable of producing £245,000,000 class A drugs
- R v JV 2011 Manslaughter by arson and Supply class A drugs. D allegedly to have imported 180 kilos of cutting agents
- R v GA 2011 Double attempted murder and firearms offences
- R v JT 2010 £1.75,000,000 armed robbery at Heathrow Airport- retrial of which was the first ever trial by judge alone following allegations of jury tampering.
- R v DCE “Honeytrap” Murder case representing alleged gang leader
- R v RR Seven handed cut throat murder case representing principal defendant
Reported Cases
- R v Takkar 2011 EWCA Crim 646; Whether the Appellant should be deemed to have obtained a pecuniary advantage equivalent to the benefit figure; whether the Appellant had a criminal lifestyle within the meaning of POCA 2002
- R v VJA 2010 EWCA Crim 2742: Whether abuse of process arguments can be the subject of interlocutory appeals held in a preparatory hearing.
- R v Shahid 2009 EWCA Crim 831; Leading case on the effect of bankruptcy orders in confiscation proceedings.
- R v Twomey 2009 EWCA Crim 1035 : Whether trial by judge alone was appropriate following allegations o f jury tampering
Publications
Author of The Confiscation Law Handbook published by Bloomsbury Professional 2011
Professional Memberships
- Criminal Bar Association
- Proceeds of Crime Lawyers Association
- Standing Conference of Mediation Advocates
Recommended as a leading junior in crime in Chambers and Partners UK 2012
"A frequent choice of junior for the more difficult criminal cases and mixes complex fraud and POCA case with general crime”
Contact
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