Barrister profiles

Kenneth Aylett

1972

Bencher of the Inner Temple. On the A-list of the Attorney-General's panel of counsel and is approved at grade 4 on the CPS External Advocate Scheme.

Practices in corporate fraud and corruption, advanced fee fraud and other white-collar crime. He has appeared in almost every other type of criminal case including treason, murder, robbery, rape, drug smuggling, extradition, obscene publications, and international conspiracies. He has particular experience in the international aspects of criminal investigations and procedures. He has made a speciality in Human Rights Law. He has taken a case on the introduction of character evidence to the European Court of Human Rights.

His practice has included police investigations into the activities of major criminals and into the alleged crimes of police officers.He appeared in the "Corley Enquiry", an investigation into major criminals falsely implicating a police officer in robberies. He appeared in the "Jackpot Enquiry", an investigation into the alleged wrongdoing of police officers at Stoke Newington.

For many years he has been a teacher trainer of advocacy at the Inner Temple. He has appeared as a guest lecturer/ trainer to lawyers and university students in California, Ontario, Minneapolis-St Paul and in the UK; he was a conference lecturer for the Bar Council on the Human Rights Act, and for the California Bar on the OJ Simpson trial.

He presented a demonstration trial in Warsaw to Russian and East European Judges through the OSCE/ODIHR. He lectured to the legal authorities in Belgrade, Serbia, on the handling of informers, following the assassination of the Prime Minister.

He provided commentary and analysis of trials and current legal issues on television, particularly on the USA Clinton/Paula Jones/Monica Lewinsky saga, and the Louise Woodward child battery case.

Present Caseload

Appearing in an alleged £1 billion fraud at a major investment bank by a city trader using a variety of specialised financial instruments and special purpose vehicles in worldwide sales covering countries including the USA, Japan, Switzerland and Italy.
Appearing in the Court of Appeal in a case for a defendant alleging state-sponsored crime when smuggling drugs and antiques into the UK from the Continent.

Recent cases

Case involving cross-border money laundering between the UK, Eire and Spain
Gangmasters' Inland Revenue and VAT fraud in the agricultural industry, involving ghost companies and ghost workers
UK/ Vietnamese cannabis factory conspiracy, involving kidnapping, violence, and collecting evidence in UK and Vietnam
Bank and insurance fraud using false bank accounts and phishing scams
UK/ Romanian export and money-laundering conspiracy
Appeared in the IMRO "Peter Young" investigation
Death by careless driving

News

Ten additional members of 15 New Bridge Street complete Public Access Training Course
23 November 2009