Name: Lloyd James Law
Telephone: 020 8050 2309
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Businesses face legal exposure that includes criminal investigation, regulatory prosecution, employment disputes and civil liability, sometimes simultaneously. Lloyd James Law advises businesses, directors, owners and individuals on business defence matters, that can include fraud investigation, financial crime prosecution, regulatory offences and workplace disputes. As a Bar Standards Board authorised entity, you instruct us directly. Our advice is confidential and led personally by a barrister. We don’t do handovers, junior cover or duplicate fees, just good advice from an expert.

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Workplace Investigations

Independent barrister workplace investigations into misconduct, harassment and safeguarding.

An independent workplace investigation, led properly and to the right standards, can protect a business from tribunal claims, regulatory analysis and reputational loss. When they are conducted poorly, it can create the liability it was designed to prevent. Lloyd James Law undertakes independent workplace investigations into allegations of misconduct, harassment, bullying and safeguarding concerns. We provide our clients with clear, thorough and evidenced reports that reliably withstand external challenge. When an investigation involves conduct that may also be criminal or regulatory, our cross disciplinary experience means we identify and manage those risks too. Our investigations are strictly led by a barrister for the entire process:

Initial instruction & scope definition
Preliminary case assessment
Evidence gathering & document review
Witness identification & interview planning
Conducting witness interviews
Respondent's right of reply
Legal & regulatory analysis
Findings of fact & credibility assessment
Investigation report drafting
Debrief, recommendations & follow up advice

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An investigation headed by a barrister carries credibility and rigour that an HR process cannot always provide. If the workplace investigation outcome is likely to be challenged at an employment tribunal, by a regulator or in the press, having an independent report gives a level of procedural protection that makes a difference. We conduct professional investigations at short notice and where circumstances require.

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Regulatory Offences

Legal defence for businesses and individuals dealing with regulatory investigations and prosecutions.

Businesses and people can be prosecuted for regulatory offences in a wide range of sectors, for instance, health and safety, environmental law, trading standards, food safety and licensing. The result of a regulatory prosecution can include large fines, disqualification and custodial sentences. Lloyd James Law’s barrister recommends how to handle regulatory investigations and prosecutions, from the first investigation to the final trial and any potential appeals. We guide you on how to engage with regulators, respond to improvement or prohibition notices and manage the reputational impacts of an investigation. Our representation is led by an experienced barrister without the need to hire a solicitor, covering offences such as:

Health & safety breaches & corporate manslaughter
Environmental permit breaches & illegal waste disposal
Food safety & hygiene violations
Trading standards & consumer protection offences
Licensing Act violations
Data protection & privacy breaches
Competition law infringements
Planning & building regulations contraventions
Medicines, pharmaceutical & medical device regulations
Fire safety & building safety violations

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Regulatory prosecutors such as the Health and Safety Executive, Environment Agency and local authority enforcement teams are experienced and well-resourced. Early action in the investigation, including decisions about what to say in interviews and whether to cooperate with requests for documentation, can have an important effect on the final conclusion. We advise businesses and individuals on key decisions from the very start of an offence investigation.

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Employment Law

Get advice from our specialist employment solicitors and barristers on employment disputes, misconduct, dismissal and tribunal claims.

Employment disputes resulting from criminal allegations, regulatory investigations or staff content creation activity require expert legal advice that covers more than one area of law. Lloyd James Law advises businesses and individuals on employment law implications in misconduct allegations, disciplinary processes, dismissal and tribunal claims. Our barrister is especially skilled to help in legal dealings that overlap with criminal or regulatory proceedings. We guide our clients on how to conduct defensible internal processes, manage the risk of parallel proceedings and respond to employment tribunal claims. Your advice comes directly from a highly competent barrister, who is practical and strategic throughout the process, as well as having experience in:

Unfair & wrongful dismissal
Unlawful discrimination & harassment
TUPE transfer disputes
Constructive dismissal
Unlawful deduction from wages
Misclassification of employment status
Unlawful non compete & restrictive covenants
Failure to consult on redundancies
Maternity, paternity & parental leave violations
Failure to make reasonable adjustments for disabled workers

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Employment matters often come about as a result of something else such as a criminal investigation, a regulatory referral or a content creation disclosure. Where that is the case, the employment proceedings cannot be managed in isolation. We provide legal counsel on the employment part of a matter while keeping the broader legal picture in mind, so that the positions you adopt in each forum are consistent and strategically sound.

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Corporate Fraud

Barrister defence for individuals and businesses experiencing fraud investigations, dawn raids and prosecutions.

A corporate fraud investigation can run for months or years before charges are brought. The decisions made in the earliest stages, such as what to say, to whom and when, often determine the eventual outcome. Lloyd James Law provides guidance to those under fraud investigations, dawn raids, asset freezing orders and prosecutions. We can act at the pre charge stage, through the entire trial and on appeals if needed. Our representation is led by a highly qualified barrister from the beginning. We won’t hand over your case, assign it to juniors or give your file to someone else for the first time on the morning of a hearing. We can give legal counsel on a wide range of issues including:

Securities Fraud – misrepresenting financial information to deceive investors
Money Laundering – concealing the proceeds of fraud
Embezzlement – misappropriation of company funds
Bribery & Corruption – offering or accepting improper payments
Insider Trading – using non public information
Tax Evasion – falsifying financial records or hiding income from authorities
Breach Of Fiduciary Duty – to act in shareholders' best interests
Wire & Mail Fraud – electronic or postal communications to fraudulent schemes
Organised Crime – patterns of organised fraudulent conduct
Financial Reporting Violations – failing to comply with financial reporting & internal control requirements

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Fraud investigations tend to also involve parallel civil proceedings, regulatory examination and impact on employment. The Serious Fraud Office, HMRC, the Financial Conduct Authority and the police can all have involvement in one legal matter. We plan your defence for each proceeding to ensure that your position in one case or authority does not create a liability in another area.

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Financial Crime

Expert barrister advice on money laundering, bribery, confiscation and financial crime.

Financial crime allegations such as money laundering, bribery, tax evasion or proceeds of crime can carry consequences outside of a criminal conviction. Confiscation orders, civil recovery, professional deregistration and reputational damage can also create a lasting impact. Lloyd James Law guides individuals and businesses on a full range of financial crime matters, from investigation and interviews to trial and confiscation proceedings. In the instance that a financial crime runs alongside a regulatory or employment issue, we are able to plan for all proceedings. Our barrister is always direct, discreet and forward thinking, covering issues like:

Authorised push payment fraud – deceiving people to move funds to fraudulent accounts
Inadequate AML policies, poor Customer Due Diligence (CDD) & failing to submit Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)
Corporate failure to prevent bribery, improper hospitality & payments to foreign public officials
Carousel fraud, missing trader schemes, offshore tax evasion & failure to prevent tax evasion
Spoofing, layering, pump & dump schemes & misleading statements to markets
Breaching UK, UN or EU financial sanctions
Raising funds for terrorism & non reporting of suspected terrorist financing
Operating without FCA authorisation, breaching FCA & inadequate Know Your Customer (KYC)
Crypto money laundering, unregistered cryptoasset businesses, ransomware payments & phishing
Directors trading whilst insolvent or defrauding creditors

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Confiscation proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act can follow a conviction and potentially reach assets that are outside of any direct benefit from the offence. Early engagement with confiscation issues such as the identification and protection of legitimate assets, is an important part of financial crime defence. We provide advice on confiscation from the earliest stages of a case.

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Business Defence & Advisory

Workplace Investigations

Regulatory Offences

Employment Law

Corporate Fraud

Financial Crime