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Ann Mulligan

1989

Ann prosecutes and defends and has broad experience in all areas of criminal law. Her practice is predominantly fraud. She has defended as junior counsel in substantial trials including murder, money laundering and VAT fraud. She has defended in a number of multi-handed duty evasion cases most recently as leading junior. She has prosecuted as junior counsel in a number of substantial fraud cases.

News

• Six jailed after laundering £15m
  Six businessmen have been jailed for laundering more than £15m stolen from Natwest bank. The men used IT and mobile phone companies and fake business deals to move the money to an account in Latvia. The money had been obtained by fraudsters able to withdraw money from NatWest against worthless cheques before they bounced.
  2 September 2008
• Successful defence in first case brought to trial by the Pensions Regulator
  Ann Mulligan recently defended successfully in a pensions fraud. This was the first case brought to trial by the Pensions Regulator.
  20 January 2006

Articles

• When The Pensions Regulator came to town
  Two Company Directors who faced fraud charges arising out of a failure to pay pensions contributions deducted from employees' wages have been acquitted following a five - day trial at the Crown Court. Ann Mulligan who represented the second defendant highlights some important lessons for all involved.
  2006
• Witness familiarisation and its limits
  Ann Mulligan examines recent guidleines set down by the Court of Appeal on witness familiarisation and the limits that apply.
  2005