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Jonathan Fisher KC

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Jonathan Fisher practises in financial crime and corporate crime cases from Red Lion Chambers in London. He is ranked as a leading KC by the independent legal directories in Band / Tier 1 for Business and Regulatory Crime, Financial Crime, Financial Crime (Corporates), Proceeds of Crime and Asset Forfeiture cases.

In addition, he is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation with recognition as a Chartered Tax Adviser, a member of STEP, a registered practitioner in the Dubai International Financial Court, editor emeritus of the Lloyds Law Reports: Financial Crime series,  and a Senior Fellow (and Visiting Professor in Practice) at LSE where he teaches Financial Crime on the LLM programme (0.22 appointment).

He holds a PhD awarded by LSE following his research into the application of the anti-money laundering reporting requirement and a LLD Honoris Causa by UWE.

Jonathan is the Chair of the UK Government’s Independent Review into Disclosure of Unused Material in Criminal Cases and Fraud Offences. This is a part-time role which he principally conducts from Chambers.

Before becoming a KC, he was Standing Counsel (Criminal) to the Commissioners of Revenue at the Central Criminal Court and London Crown Courts.

Barrister

Jonathan Fisher practises in financial crime and corporate crime cases from Red Lion Chambers in London. He is ranked as a leading KC by the independent legal directories in Band / Tier 1 for Business and Regulatory Crime, Financial Crime, Financial Crime (Corporates), Proceeds of Crime and Asset Forfeiture cases.

In addition, he is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation with recognition as a Chartered Tax Adviser, a member of STEP, a registered practitioner in the Dubai International Financial Court, editor emeritus of the Lloyds Law Reports: Financial Crime series,  and a Senior Fellow (and Visiting Professor in Practice) at LSE where he teaches Financial Crime on the LLM programme (0.22 appointment).

He holds a PhD awarded by LSE following his research into the application of the anti-money laundering reporting requirement and a LLD Honoris Causa by UWE.

Jonathan is the Chair of the UK Government’s Independent Review into Disclosure of Unused Material in Criminal Cases and Fraud Offences. This is a part-time role which he principally conducts from Chambers.

Before becoming a KC, he was Standing Counsel (Criminal) to the Commissioners of Revenue at the Central Criminal Court and London Crown Courts.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
What are ‘adequate’ & ‘appropriate’ measures to take against money laundering? Jonathan Fisher KC urges regulators to exercise some restraint
With fraud accounting for 40% of all crime in England & Wales, Jonathan Fisher KC sets out how the new government might tackle it
Jonathan Fisher QC reports on responding to new fraud risks in the COVID-19 era
Jonathan Fisher QC, Anita Clifford & Olivia English discuss the impact of an acquittal on civil recovery proceedings

As part of an occasional series on international justice & the Rule of Law in other jurisdictions, Jonathan Fisher QC & Anita Clifford tackle misconceptions about corruption & international contract negotiations

Jonathan Fisher QC & Anita Clifford put the new arrangements for money laundering under the spotlight

Jonathan Fisher QC explores unexplained wealth orders

Jonathan Fisher QC & Kate Balmer tackle mediation in larger scale tax cases

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Firm invests in future talent with new training cohort

NEWS
The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve reports on Haynes v Thomson, the first judicial application of the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland ruling in a discrimination claim, in this week's NLJ
Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
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