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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 either prosecute or defend complicated white collar crime. He also prosecutes and defends cases involving drugs, murder and organised crime.

News

• Mousa Brown acquitted of terrorism charges
  Mousa Brown, 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 Martin Schofield 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 Commerical 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