Christopher’s practice incorporates commercial litigation and contentious insolvency. An accomplished litigator and tactician, his specialism is civil fraud.
He has substantial experience of tax fraud, international funds tracing, tax avoidance and other domestic and international fraud.
Christopher is a solicitor advocate with higher rights of audience (civil).
Experience
Lime and Black BPS Ltd (in liquidation) v Gill and others [2024] EWHC 1898 (Ch)
Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs v Payroll & Pension Services (PPS Umbrella Company) Ltd [2024] EWHC 1861 (Ch)
Christopher is a member of R3, the Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association, the Fraud Advisory Panel, the London Fraud Forum and the London Solicitors Litigation Association.
Christopher's insights
News
Jul 25, 2024
Wedlake Bell and mha succeed in claim against disqualified former director of Lime & Black BPS
Disgraced insolvency practitioner Kiran Mistry was found to have been acting as a de facto director of Lime & Black BPS while disqualified. City firm Wedlake Bell has successfully obtained judgment on behalf of Lime and Black BPS by its
Deputy ICC Judge Curl KC’s judgment in Wade & Anor v Singh & Ors [2024] EWHC 1203 (Ch) follows applications by the liquidators of MSD Cash & Carry plc to enforce charging orders over a number of properties owned by
In May 2019 the liquidator of Marylebone Warwick Balfour Management Limited (“MWBM”) commenced proceedings against seven former directors in relation to their operation of a complex tax avoidance scheme. MWBM had paid over £54 m to its senior management via
