George Hepburne Scott

• Member of Criminal Bar Association, South Eastern Circuit Bar Mess

Practices in both Criminal and Extradition Law:

Extradition:

An expert on all aspects of the Extradition Act 2003 and regularly appears at Westminster Magistrates' and the High Court in Extradition proceedings. Mr Hepburne Scott also lectures to solicitors on Extradition matters and has particular expertise in the area of disclosure, abuse of process, and passage of time. 

Regularly acts in serious and complex cases involving both category 1 and category 2 territories at both first instance and appellate stages including appeals to the House of Lords and emergency references to the ECHR under Article 35(1). Mr Hepburne Scott is happy to provide telephone advice at short notice and to draft emergency applications where necessary, contact Kevin Tarrant, Senior Clerk.

Reported cases include:

Palar v Court of First Instance of Brussels, [2005] EWHC 915 (Admin) [2005] All ER (D) 185 (Apr)

Gashi v  Secretary Of State for the Home Department and Others [2007] EWHC 238 (Admin)

 

Crime:

All aspects of serious and heavy crime (prosecution and defence) including murder, conspiracy to supply/import ‘class A’ drugs, international multi-million pound fraud, multiple kidnap, firearms offences, money laundering, people trafficking, serious sexual offences, and s18 GBH/Wounding, among others.

Mr Hepburne Scott regularly appears in serious high profile cases that attract considerable media attention. He regularly appears in the Court of Criminal Appeal and is particularly expert in the areas of PII, disclosure, abuse of process, and money laundering.

Reported cases include:

R v Lee Brummitt [2006] EWHC Crim 1629

Defence:

Instructed on behalf of the defence as Junior Counsel in case of Conspiracy to Murder; Successful defence Appeal against Sentence in the Court of Appeal.

Instructed by defence in several serious cases including those involving S.18 GBH, Blackmail, Firearms, Robbery, Fraud, and Aggravated Burglary.

Prosecution:

Instructed by the CPS in the Court of Appeal on an appeal against a death by dangerous driving conviction (dismissed) and an appeal against sentence for multiple kidnapping; Instructed by the CPS in High Court for Appeal by way of Case Stated; Instructed by the CPS as Junior Counsel for Crown in 5 week multi-handed multiple kidnap case involving 7 kidnaps, firearms, and ransom demands; Instructed by the CPS as single counsel in case of Death by Dangerous Driving; Instructed by CPS as single counsel in 5 handed football riot case involving Public Order offences

Instructed by the CPS in several serious and often multi-handed, cases including those involving S.18GBH, Firearms, Supply of Class A, Fraud, Blackmail, Indecent Assault, Aggravated Burglary, and Robbery.