William Hughes Q.C. joins 9 Park Place
Chambers is delighted to announce that William Hughes Q.C. has recently joined its criminal team.
William, who joins 9 Park Place from chambers in London, is a criminal law specialist silk with a mixed prosecution and defence practice. He also has considerable experience in Regulatory, Disciplinary Tribunal, Inquiries, Coroner's Inquests and Local Government work. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2013.
His criminal defence work includes homicide, serious sexual offences and other grave crime, particularly those cases involving vulnerable defendants and witnesses, together with VAT and Revenue fraud, fraudulent trading, money laundering and related confiscation proceedings. He has wide experience defending drug-related crime and resultant drug trafficking and CJA, DTA and POCA confiscation proceedings.
William is also regularly instructed by the Crown Prosecution Service, in particular SOCA prosecutions on behalf of the CPS Serious Organised Crime Division, Central Fraud Group. He is often instructed in drugs cases with an international element, including related POCA, DTA civil and criminal legislation.
To find out more about William please click here to view his profile, or contact us using the details at the top of this page to speak to one of his clerks.
