Monthly Archives February 2012

To cater for the growing demands of our business and private clients, our new offices at 1 Fetter Lane in the heart of legal London and a stone’s throw from the London Stock Exchange, is just the ticket. We offer a highly discreet personal service for those wishing to avoid Press publicity and have experience in dealing with the media.

Our latest City instructions this month include the following cases which have not made the headlines:

• High-profile Trading Standards prosecution
• Ponzi-style fraud
• Multi-million pound mortgage fraud with parallel proceedings in the High Court
• City Trader and cocaine
• Motoring offences in the City
• Hedge Fund manager in legal arbitration
• High net worth family case

MPR Family Law  and MPR Business Law is a discreet service for the discerning individual. We can offer a totally bespoke service to match our client needs and can work around you and your working/family commitments. Contact Seema Parikh for MPR Business Law and Sapna Shah for MPR Family Law and find out how we can help you when you need it most.

Seema Parikh seema@mprsolicitors.co.uk             

Sapna Shah    sapna@mprsolicitors.co.uk

MPR Solicitors secured the only acquittal in a large-scale drugs conspiracy case which was heard at Lewes Crown Court. The case originally involved 18 defendants charged with conspiracy to supply millions of pounds of class A drugs, importation and money laundering offences. The investigation spanned months of police surveillance, covert audio probes in vehicles and voice recognition evidence. Our client faced many months on remand awaiting his trial but when the time came we were able to successfully challenge and discredit the forensic evidence in the case which was presented by the prosecution. Our client walked free from court upon his acquittal. The defence team in this case was led by Abdullah Al-Yunusi, a senior barrister at the Firm who regularly defends in high-profile cases across the country. He was assisted by a Partner from the Firm’s Serious and Complex Crime team.

It helped our client’s case that he had requested MPR Solicitors to represent him from the very beginning at the police station stage of the investigation. This can often be the most critical stage of any criminal proceedings and the right legal advice at an early stage can make or break a case at trial.

We offer a highly specialist and skilled police station representation service 24 hours a day and can cover all police stations in the South East and the Midlands.

Call our 24 hour emergency police station representation number on 020 8607 4660. Remember, it is your legal right to request the solicitor of your choice and the police are under a duty to respect your choice of legal representation. The service is free.

We were asked to represent an Indian national being investigated for large-scale money-laundering allegations by SOCA (Serious Organised Crime Agency). He had come under SOCA’s radar as a result of covert surveillance from London to the Midlands involving cash drops of several hundred thousand pounds at a time.

He was interviewed at length over 2 days whilst in police custody and we advised him throughout the police investigation. It was a very stressful time for both him and his family and we kept all relevant sides informed and updated until we secured his release without charge.

We pride ourselves in giving our clients and their family a highly personalised and sympathetic service without forgetting the robust legal approach to defending cases. We care about our clients and always strive to do our very best for them.