Barrister > Gregg Taylor Q.C.

Crime:

In the last 10 years or so, Gregg Taylor has specialised in serious fraud cases and large drug importation trials. This work has involved the receipt of trial evidence from other jurisdictions and the examination of foreign assets for confiscation as well as compensation claims in the Crown Court.

In the mid 1980s Gregg Taylor successfully represented the first-named defendant in the multi-handed Orgreave Riot trial held at Sheffield Crown Court.

In the 1990s Gregg was junior counsel in a series of high profile murder cases, including the Lynette White and the Tooze murder trials.

In 2000, he successfully appealed the assault conviction of a head teacher from Monmouthshire on a rehearing at Cardiff Crown Court.

He has defended professionals charged with historic sexual offences (including the “Goldfinch” care home cases). He has also represented professionals facing allegations of fraud on the public and deception cases brought by the Inland Revenue.

Between 2002 and 2005 he prosecuted a series of drug trials and resisted appeals against conviction for class A importation. In 2006 he secured a confiscation order with a benefit figure of over £37 million following convictions for fraud.

Gregg Taylor has regularly featured in various publications under "Leading Juniors" or "Leaders in their field".

The 2001-2 Chambers guide to the Legal Profession described him as "totally unflappable" which he took to be a compliment.

Keele University mixed degree 1960s style
Qualified for the bar at the Inns between 1971 and 1974.
Middle Temple Harmsworth Scholar

Gregg Taylor has never applied for any judicial appointment.

Criminal Bar Association

Gregg has conducted seminars given on pre- and post-POCA confiscation of proceeds of crime and drug trafficking, and on the Fraud Act 2006, for the Wales and Chester Circuit.

Gregg Taylor began to learn Welsh in 1974 and is fluent in conversational Welsh.

email: (cjsm users only) gregg.taylor@9parkplace.cjsm.net

Jim Williams