Christopher Rodwell

Specialist criminal defence counsel. Areas of specialisation include fraud and white-collar crime, drugs offences, property offences, sexual and violent assaults and offences by and against children.

Qualifications: BA (Hons) London
Post Grad. Diploma in Law – College of Law, Guildford

Professional Memberships
Criminal Bar Association
Young Fraud Lawyers Association
Human Rights Lawyers Association

Languages

French

Personal Interests

Rugby, skiing, equestrianism.

Notable Cases
Tre Sky
[2000] 2 Cr. App. R. (S.) 260
Appeal against sentence – Administering a noxious substance with intent.

R (Hunt) v Criminal Cases Review Commission
[2001] 2 WLR 319
Judicial Review, second junior counsel for the claimant – Power of the Commissioners of the Inland Revenue to prosecute on indictment without the consent of the Attorney-General.

R v Clews et ors, (CA) Case Number 9803759 X2
Renewed application for leave to appeal; in heavy fraud case, the Bute mining trial. Application was subsequently made to the European Court of Human Rights.

Stephen Millington, (CA) Case Number 200007259 Y4
Appeal against sentence – Possession of Class A and Class B drugs with intent to supply.

Howard Coster, (CA) Case Number 200204491 W1
Appeal against sentence – catalogue of dishonest offences, argument centred on legitimate expectation.