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Patrick Upward QC

1972 (QC 1996)

Patrick is a specialist criminal practitioner with particular expertise in terrorist cases, white collar crime and serious criminal offences. Being a competent computer user he is regularly instructed to defend complicated white collar crime. He also defends in cases involving drugs, murder and organised crime. 

• Ranked as a Legal Expert in Crime by Legal Experts - Legal 500, www.legalexpertsdirectory.com 
• Listed as a Leading Silk in the area of Criminal Fraud - Legal 500, www.legal500.com. Read more here.

News

• Solicitor cleared of Mortgage Fraud
  30 November 2009
• Nine additional members of 15 New Bridge Street complete Public Access Training Course
  23 November 2009
• Advocacy Training
  15 New Bridge Street's members invited as guest speakers at the University of Hertfordshire
  17 November 2009
• Airline Bombers' Trial: Patrick Upward QC and Jon Whitfield
  28 September 2009
• Patrick Upward QC and Daniel Flahive secures acquittal for client accused of involvement in terrorist activities
  Mr MB, defended by 15NBS barristers, was one of the men accused of organising terrorist training camps and activities in the Lake District and elsewhere in England and has been acquitted of all the charges which he faced.
  28 February 2008
• Drug trial collapses over Supergrass evidence
  Patrick Upward QC and Kyri Argyropoulos recently secured the acquittal of Mr MS on charges of conspiring to supply over 350kg of cocaine from Colombia via Spain Costa Rica, France and Jamaica.
  21 June 2007

Articles

• International Commercial Fraud: A Review
  "International Commercial Fraud" edited by Bob Goldspink and Jeremy Cole, will prove a useful tool to the practitioner and professional adviser and should be essential reading for every auditor, compliance officer and boardroom member. Find out more in the review by Patrick Upward QC.
  2002